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Press conference to announce new NIH research study on MRI diagnosis of heart attack and stroke in the emergency room

TO:	Editors and Reporters
FROM:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Suburban Hospital
SUBJ:	Press Conference To Announce New NIH Research Study on MRI Diagnosis of Heart Attack and Stroke in the Emergency Room
WHEN:	10:00 a.m., June 15, 1999
WHERE:	Suburban Hospital, Conference Rooms 6, 7, and 8 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland
WHY:	To announce the start of a joint NIH/Suburban Hospital study involving magnetic resonance imaging of patients admitted to the emergency room with possible heart attack or stroke. This will be the first use of MRI technology for heart disease diagnosis in a hospital emergency room. Speakers will describe advances in MRI technology, potential public health benefits of MRI diagnosis of heart attack and stroke, as well as benefits to the health of the local community.
WHO:	Press conference speakers will be: Dr. Robert Balaban, chief, Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NHLBI Dr. Andrew Arai, investigator, Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, NHLBI Dr. Steven Warach, chief, Section on Stroke Diagnostics and Therapeutics, NINDS Dr. Wayne Olan, director of MRI services, Suburban Hospital Dr. Eugene Passamani, director of cardiology, Suburban Hospital

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