May 2006

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| CME CAD/Angina and Diabetes |
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Undiagnosed diabetes mellitus in coronary artery bypass graft surgery |
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by Achim H. Lauruschkat, MD1 • Bert Arnrich, MS3 • Alexander A. Albert, MD1 • Jörg A. Walter, PhD3 • Berthold Amann, MD4 • Ulrich P. Rosendahl, MD1 • Tejas Alexander, MD2 • Jürgen Ennker, MD |
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The 1Departments of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, and 2Anaesthesiology, Heart Institute Lahr/Baden, Lahr; 3Neoinformatics Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld; and 4Fraziskus Hospital, Berlin, Germany |
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Case Report |
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A patient with undiagnosed diabetes and coronary artery disease |
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Commentary |
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Untreated diabetes mellitus in coronary artery by pass graft surgery |
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by Harold L. Lazar, MD |
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| CME Lipid Disorders and Stroke |
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Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and carotid atherosclerosis |
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by Stein Harald Johnsen, MD1 • Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, MD, PhD1,2 Einar Fosse, MD1 • Oddmund Joakimsen, MD, PhD2 Eva Stensland-Bugge, MD, PhD2 • Inger Njølstad, MD, PhD1 • Egil Arnesen, MD1 |
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The 1Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, and 2 Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway |
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Case Report |
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Increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level and inhibition of atherosclerosis |
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Commentary |
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Carotid atherosclerosis and increased high-density lipoprotein |
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by John J. Ricotta, MD |
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| Heart Failure |
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Initiating treatment for chronic heart failure |
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by Ronnie Willenheimer, MD, PhD Lund University, Institution of Clinical Sciences Medicine, Malmö, Sweden |
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Case Report |
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Beginning heart failure therapy in a 74-year-old man |
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Commentary |
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The clinical ramifications of CIBIS III: Does the sequence of medication initiation really matter? |
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by Richard E. Stewart, MD |
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| Arrhythmias |
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Sex-related differences in atrial fibrillation: Data from the RACE study |
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by Michiel Rienstra, MD • Isabelle C. Van Gelder, MD, for the RACE Investigators |
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The Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
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Case Report |
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Rhythm control therapy in afemale patient |
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Sex differences in atrial fibrillation |
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by Joseph T. Dell'Orfano, MD |
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| Clinical Research |
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Fundamentals of Clinical Research: Causal Inference, Surrogate Measures, and Intention to Treat |
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by Stephen P. Glasser, MD |
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Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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