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Health A-Z

Medical Content Created by the Faculty of the
Harvard Medical School

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American Heart Association (AHA)7272 Greenville Ave. Dallas, TX 75231 Toll-Free: 1-800-242-8721 http://www.americanheart.org/

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)P.O. Box 30105Bethesda, MD 20824-0105Phone: 301-592-8573TTY: 240-629-3255http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Date Last Reviewed: 2008-02-11T00:00:00-07:00

Date Last Modified: 2008-09-18T00:00:00-06:00

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