March 2007

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| Stroke & Arrhythmias | CME |
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Sex differences in ischemic stroke among patients with atrial fibrillation |
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by Margaret C. Fang, MD, MPH1 • Daniel E. Singer, MD2 • Alan S. Go, MD1,3 |
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From the 1University of California, San Francisco; 2Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; 3Kaiser Permanente of Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, California. |
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Case Report |
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A woman with atrial fibrillation at risk for stroke |
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Sex and ischemic stroke in atrial fibrillation |
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by Robert A. Levine, MD |
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| Heart Failure | CME |
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Outcomes in women vs men with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction |
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by Anita Deswal, MD, MPH |
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From the Winters Center for Heart Failure Research, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. |
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Case Report |
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An elderly woman with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction |
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Commentary |
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in women |
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by Leslie Cho, MD |
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Large-scale clinical epidemiology of stable angina in women and men |
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by Harry Hemingway, FRCP1 • Alison McCallum, FFPH2 • Martin Shipley, MSc1 • Kristiina Manderbacka, PhD2 • Pekka Martikainen, PhD3 • Ilmo Keskimäki, MD, PhD2 |
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From the 1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, United Kingdom; 2 Outcomes and Equity Research, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES), University of Helsinki, Finland; 3Population Research Unit, Department of Sociology, Helsinki, Finland. |
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Stable angina pectoris in women and men |
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by Richard M. Steingart, MD |
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Left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome: A case report of an unusual syndrome |
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by Ikenna A. Nwachukwu, MD |
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From Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. |
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Mechanistic learnings of takotsubo for make benefit glorious cardiomyopathy |
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by Hal A. Skopicki, MD, PhD |
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