1.   ICD lead sytems can be inserted by median sternotomy at the time of coronary or valve surgery or by a more limited left lateral thoracotomy or a subxiphoid approach.

2.   A new approach to an old procedure is saving patients much of the pain and some of the recovery time common to heart valve replacement surgery.

3.   Brown had heart valve replacement surgery in early May and seemed to recover, returning to work part time only days afterward.

4.   Kanu was sidelined for nearly one year following a heart valve surgery and passed fitness tests a few days ago.

5.   Nigerian soccer player Nwankwo Kanu is well to resume his career, five months after heart valve surgery to resume his career.

6.   The agency said patients who had already undergone heart valve surgery were not at risk.

7.   The Medical Devices Agency said patients who had already undergone heart valve surgery were not at risk.

8.   Actor and muscle-man Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent elective aortic valve replacement surgery for a congenital heart valve condition, his publicist said Wednesday.