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IN THE BEAT OF A HEART Stressed? Overweight? You might be a candidate for cardiac care. Here's what to expect By RAISSA ROBLES Manila WORKING STEALTHILY, IT OFTEN comes as a surprise. It strikes leaders as health-conscious as Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohamad and Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Heart disease is no respecter of class or status. And we ignore warnings at our peril. Antonio Dequina knows. He struggles to speak, his breathing labored as he lies on a hospital bed two weeks after open-heart surgery. Dequina's physician had presented the options bluntly: He was likely to die - with or without the operation. Faced with such grim prospects, the 57-year-old businessman from the southern Philippines felt he had to take a shot. NEXT >>

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