51.   Of several hundred pediatric heart patients at the center, only two or three a year need transplants, he said.

52.   Often heart patients are discharged from the hospital without adequate instructions on how to stay healthy, said Dr. Jane Pederson of Stratis Health, a Minnesota consulting company.

53.   Only chronic heart patients reported more days in bed.

54.   Other heart patients do not even need surgery.

55.   Only Good Sam has guaranteed that a certain amount of its open heart patients would be black.

56.   Pfizer said Wednesday that the Zoloft class of antidepressants had been shown to be safer for heart patients than older therapies.

57.   PLC officials and researchers representing the company today said use of the laser offered a major benefit over treatment with drugs alone for heart patients.

58.   Previous studies have shown the drug is effective in opening the blood vessels of heart patients and reducing complications after a procedure known as angioplasty, Biogen said.

59.   Processed pig tissue is already used by companies such as Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude Medical Inc. to make replacement valves for heart patients.

60.   PLC officials and researchers representing the company today said use of the laser offered a major benefit over treatment of heart patients with drugs alone.