Simpson had a heart valve replacement in February and had returned home recently, Currie said.
It was even better when compared to the 2B (heart valve) receptor, 11.6 times more selective.
Last April doctors told 70-year-old Roseanne Brennan that her mitral heart valve needed to be replaced.
Six years after Monk's death, Nica passed away, aged 74, after undergoing a heart valve operation.
"I know of no evidence that Redux, given by itself, causes heart valve damage, " Wurtman says.
His central heart valve was leaking and he was taken to a hospital 500 yards away.
"It also gives me the perfect excuse to try my new heart valve out, " said James.
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Heart valve function was assessed by echocardiography in nearly 8, 000 patients in the Belviq development program.
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Basco-Yu was originally told she would need to have her heart valve replaced after six years.
But he also said that this six-month analysis simply doesn't assuage his fears of heart valve problems.
Studies have since shown that stimulating the latter receptor was the reason fen-phen caused heart valve problems.
Dr. Starr is best known for co-inventing and successfully implanting the first artificial heart valve, the Starr-Edwards valve.
Later that year, a second study in patients with a heart valve problem also failed to show a benefit.
Last month, researchers rushed out a study of Vytorin in a heart valve disorder at an impromptu press conference.
In 1997, the weight-loss drugs fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine were withdrawn from the market after evidence emerged that they caused heart valve damage.
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But Arena executives and obesity experts say it has none of the heart valve risks because it is targeted to the brain.
These medicines, fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine, caused heart valve damage when used alone and with another drug, phentermine, in the infamous fen-phen combo.
Instead, the other big trial of Vytorin compared it to placebo in patients who had a heart valve that did not close fully.
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Its APD356 is far more specific, and so far the heart valve damage that led to fen-phen's withdrawal has not reared its head.
The insurance company denied the referral, claiming that it would only be appropriate if a diagnosis of heart valve disease had been made.
One patient who was preparing for a heart valve replacement seemed slightly calmer after her surgeon showed her an intraoperative video of the procedure.
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At the end of the 20-minute exam, Gandy informed her that she had a leaky heart valve and would need to be checked annually.
This includes people with conditions such as an artificial heart valve, past history of endocarditis or a heart transplant with abnormal heart valve function.
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But those results are outweighed by the safety result, which shows more patients on lorcaserin had heart valve problems, or valvulopathy, than those on placebo.
She underwent surgery to repair a heart valve three years ago.
This new drug, the company argues, shouldn't cause heart valve problems.
Walters will have surgery later this week to replace a faulty heart valve, and will take the summer off from The View talk show to recuperate.
Jack Lief , Arena's chief executive, points out that the heart valve side effects were rare, and that a big clinical trial could settle the issue.
Even heart valve problems, a worry because Arena shares part of the chemical mechanism of the withdrawn valve-harming diet drug fenfluramine, could be an issue.
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. a leader in advanced cardiovascular disease treatments, is the number-one heart valve company in the world and the global leader in acute hemodynamic monitoring.
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