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...A.H.A. calls the Government's stance hypocritical. "We're stepping into a good-bad food environment that has been perpetuated by the food industry with terms like 'lite' and 'no cholesterol,' " declares Dr. Myron Weisfeldt, president of the A.H.A. To help consumers make intelligent use of HeartGuide, the A.H.A. is providing explanatory brochures to supermarkets and a toll-free information line...
...device called an automatic implantable defibrillator. This is placed in the abdomen and has electrodes that are connected to the heart's right atrium and to the ventricles' pointed tip. It is powered by lithium batteries good for three years or 100 shocks. Says Hopkins Cardiologist Myron Weisfeldt: "When the patient has an arrhythmia persisting for at least ten seconds, the machine waits another five seconds and then discharges an electric shock, which usually stops the arrhythmia...
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