1.   Alarming numbers of Fen-Phen users, they found, were turning up with damaged heart valves.

2.   At Mass. General, Dawson envisions digital libraries that let students try their hand at highly realistic simulations of repairing knee cartilage or fixing a damaged heart.

3.   A damaged heart does not pump enough blood to the lungs for oxygenation, Kiley said.

4.   A student can hear the thump of the beating heart or the irregular beat of a damaged heart.

5.   But Cavanaugh had none of the risk factors for endocarditis, like a damaged heart valve, recent dental work or invasive medical procedures.

6.   But many of those patients who survive are still left with damaged hearts that develop congestive heart failure.

7.   But the day that the new heart became available, Miraglia had gone into surgery for a device to temporarily keep his badly damaged heart valves working.

8.   But the new findings may point the way to new treatments for damaged hearts, since knowing the genetics of heart disease helps illuminate its biochemical pathways.

9.   Damaged heart valves are particularly susceptible to a potentially fatal infection of the valves or lining of the heart known as bacterial endocarditis.

10.   Five of them needed surgery to repair or replace damaged heart valves, though none have died.