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• Western Connecticut Medical Group Cardiologist Dr. Ira Galin Discusses Peripheral Arterial Disease
  May 21, 2013 - Danbury, CT
  Although P.A.D. is serious, it’s treatable. A physical exam and noninvasive testing can help detect if there is a narrowed artery in the neck, legs, or kidneys, as well as determine if there is an enlarged artery (or an aneurysm).
• Western Connecticut Health Network Continues to Fight Proposed Budget
  May 17, 2013 - Danbury, CT
  Western Connecticut Health Network Continues To Fight Proposed Budget Cuts! Dr. John Murphy meets with state officials to mitigate harm to our community.
• Danbury Hospital’s Chief of Cardiology Discusses Heart Palpitations and Irregular Heartbeats
  May 14, 2013 - Danbury, CT
  Heart palpitations vary from person to person, but they are usually perceived as an irregularity of the pulse or a flip-flopping sensation in the chest.
• Western Connecticut Medical Group Heart Team Saves the Day, Thanks to Wife’s Quick Action
  May 2, 2013 - Danbury, CT
  An emergent aortic dissection has about as grim a prognosis as any cardiac emergency. In fact, the mortality of this type of dissection is 1 percent per hour for the first 24 hours.
  Listen to the patient tell his grateful story of survival...
• CHEFA Grant Awarded to Danbury Hospital For Simulation Lab
  April 11, 2013 - Danbury, CT
  Danbury Hospital announced today that it has been awarded a $71,800 grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) as part of its Client Grant Program to obtain Ultrasonography/Transthoracic Echocardiology Simulator equipment for its simulation laboratory to train medical staff to quickly and accurately diagnose various emergent situations.

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