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		<title>Get With the Guidelines Gold Performance Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="right" class="alignright size-full wp-image-151" title="coronary artery disease, quality of care, heart patients, heart hospital, cardiac care, coronary patients, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular patients, mercy, mercy medical center, dubuque, ia" src="http://mercyleads.com/wp-content/uploads/GWTG-150x143.jpg" alt="coronary artery disease, quality of care, heart patients, heart hospital, cardiac care, coronary patients, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular patients, mercy, mercy medical center, dubuque, ia" width="100" height="95" />The American Heart Association awarded Mercy with the Get With the Guidelines – Coronary Artery Disease Gold Performance Achievement Award to recognize our quality of care for heart patients.]]></description>
		<link>http://mercyleads.com/2010/07/get-with-the-guidelines-gold-performance-award/</link>
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		<title>Excellent Cardiac Rehab Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was a angioplasty patient with two drug eluting stents inserted this past February. I attended your six week cardio rehabilitation program following surgery. I graduated the cardio rehabilitation program on March 22nd, 2010. I want to commend Mercy for offering such a program. The nurses who supervised the cardio program are very well educated, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mercyleads.com/2010/04/excellent-cardiac-rehab-program/</link>
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		<title>Wellmark Blue Distinction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-434" title="Wellmark_150x143" src="http://mercyleads.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Wellmark_150x1431.jpg" alt="Wellmark_150x143" width="100" height="95"align="right" />Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa has designated Mercy – Dubuque as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement. Mercy is the only hospital in the Dubuque area to receive these designations.]]></description>
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		<title>Cardiac Procedures Available at Mercy Medical Center &#8211; Dubuque</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a list of the procedures and surgeries that Mercy currently provides:

Atherectomy
Automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators
Balloon angioplasty
Bi-ventricular pacing
Cardiac catheterization
Carotid stenting
Coronary artery bypass grafting
Electrophysiology
Heart pacemaker insertion
Off‐pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Percutaneous coronary intervention
Stent implantation
Valve repair and valve replacement

For more specific information please consult your physician or heart care professional.
We realize that any cardiovascular procedure or surgery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mercyleads.com/2010/01/cardiac-procedures-available-at-mercy-medical-center/</link>
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		<title>Diagnostic Tests Available at Mercy Medical Center &#8211; Dubuque</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cardiac Catheterization
Catheterization is an invasive diagnostic procedure that involves a long, thin, flexible tube that’s threaded to your heart.
Cardiac Imaging Studies
These non-invasive procedures study cardiac function and blood flow while the heart beats.
Chest X-Ray
X-rays are non-invasive radiograph projections and are among the most common tests taken.
Echocardiogram
A non-invasive, non-radiation procedure, echocardiograms use sound waves to create [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mercyleads.com/2010/01/diagnostic-test-available-at-mercy-medical-center/</link>
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		<title>Uncontrollable Risks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Age: 84% of people who die of coronary heart disease are 65 or older. As women age, their risk of dying from a heart attack surpasses that of men.
Gender: Men have a higher risk of heart attack and at a younger age than women. 
Heredity: Children whose parents have a history of heart disease are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mercyleads.com/2010/01/uncontrollable-risks/</link>
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		<title>Lifestyle Risks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tobacco Use: Smokers are two to four times more likely to develop heart disease than non-smokers.
High Cholesterol: High cholesterol increases the risk of coronary heart disease especially when other risk factors are present.
High Blood Pressure: High blood pressure also increases your risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure, and congestive heart failure.
Physical Inactivity: Regular physical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mercyleads.com/2010/01/lifestyle-risks/</link>
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		<title>Mercy Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A week ago I was admitted to Mercy for same day surgery. I have experienced great care from Mercy over the years and I wasn&#8217;t concerned in the least that the same great service I received in the past would be the same on this visit.
The same day surgery unit was outstanding! They couldn&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mercyleads.com/2009/11/mercy-care/</link>
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		<title>Back to Racing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am an avid runner and race in 5Ks and 10Ks to win.  When I was sidelined with a torn meniscus, I had to choose between giving up running or having surgery. I have never had surgery and haven&#8217;t even been in a hospital since I was born so this was a scary prospect.
I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mercyleads.com/2009/10/back-to-racing/</link>
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		<title>I wasn’t sure what to expect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I wasn’t sure what to expect when going to physical therapy for the first time. I was nervous and unsure what the experience would be like. However, from the moment when I was greeted by the receptionist to the time I began working with my therapist, all my worries went away. Their professionalism and friendliness [...]]]></description>
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