One hospital, Saint Luke's, convened annual dinners for insurance executives at the Classic Cup restaurant where they compared notes on Heartland.

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"He, like many chronic exercise addicts, is the one with an agenda, " said Dr. O'Keefe, a sports cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City.

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"The older ones at the time of death had a lot more calcification than the younger ones, " said Randall Thompson, a cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Mo.

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Hodgson saw a 45m penalty attempt fall short before the interval and Sale director of rugby Philippe Saint Andre introduced Luke McAlister for Cueto and Brent Cockbain for Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe at half-time.

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