May 2007

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| Lipids and CAD |
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Intensive statin therapy in acute coronary syndrome |
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by Eddie Hulten, MD, MPH • Jeffrey L. Jackson, MD, MPH • Kevin Douglas, MD, MPH • Susan George, MD • Todd C. Villines, MD |
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From the Walter Reed Army Medical Center,Washington, DC, and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. |
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Case Report |
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Statin therapy for a middle-aged man with myocardial infarction |
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Commentary |
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Early statin therapy: Do let that door hit you on the way out |
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by Luther T. Clark, MD |
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| Diabetes |
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Coronary artery disease in asymptomatic diabetic patients |
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by Roldano Scognamiglio, MD • Chiara Fraccaro, MD |
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From the Metabolic Cardiology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy. |
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Commentary |
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Risk factors for coronary artery disease: real clues to early detection? |
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by Rosemarie Pasmantier, MD |
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| Imaging |
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Anomalous origin of the left anterior descending artery from a separate ostium of the right sinus of Valsalva with abnormal stress test |
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by Hetal A. Gandhi, MD • Michael J. Rosenberg, MD |
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From the Department of Cardiology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois. |
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Commentary |
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Screening routines for coronary anomalies |
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by William E. Lawson, MD |
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| Heart Failure |
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Chronic diuretic use and increased mortality and hospitalization in heart failure |
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by Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH |
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From the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health; and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham and VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama. |
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Case Report |
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A 72-year-old man with fluid overload |
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Commentary |
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Long-term diuretic use and increased mortality and hospitalization in heart failure |
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by George I. Mallis, MD |
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| Arrhythmias |
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Integrating the existing emergency medical system with automated external defibrillators for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest |
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by Riccardo Cappato, MD1 • Antonio Curnis, MD2 • Paolo Marzollo, MD3 |
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From the 1Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Center, Policlinico San Donato, University of Milan; 2Department of Cardiology, Spedali Civili, University of Brescia; 3Division of Emergency Medicine, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy. |
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Commentary |
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Automated external defibrillators: complementary medicine |
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by Ernst A. Raeder, MD |
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