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Deaths lead to scrutiny of 2 heart units

State to watch MGH, Worcester hospital

By Liz Kowalczyk
Globe Staff / February 9, 2009

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State public health officials have begun monitoring heart programs at Massachusetts General Hospital and at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester after discovering that they had high death rates in 2007 among patients who underwent cardiac catheterization procedures. (Full article: 1120 words)

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