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July 2008




Diabetes
A systematic review of metformin treatment in persons at risk for diabetes mellitus
  by Shelley R. Salpeter, MD
  From the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, and Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
  Case Report
Metformin treatment in a patient with metabolic syndrome
  Commentary
Should metformin be used to prevent diabetes in high-risk patients?
  Byron Hoogwerf, MD

In the Heart of Women
Diabetes-related poor outcomes in chronic heart failure: Complex interactions with sex and age
  by Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH1 • Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM2
  From the 1University of Alabama at Birmingham and VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL; and 2Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
  Case Report
Heart failure and diabetes in an elderly woman: Some unanswered questions
  Commentary
The effect of diabetes on death and hospitalization in heart failure patients
  by JoAnne M. Foody, MD

Stroke/Arrhythmias
Is warfarin a safe alternative to aspirin in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation?
  by Jonathan Mant, MD • Richard Hobbs, FMedSci • Kate Fletcher, BA • Andrea Roalfe, MSc on behalf of the BAFTA Investigators
  From Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  Case Report
Thromboprophylaxis for atrial fibrillation: Choose wisely
  Commentary
Warfarin versus aspirin for stroke prevention in the elderly study: Putting fears to rest
  by Douglas Dulli, MD, MS
Lipids/CAD
Extreme lipoprotein(a) levels and myocardial infarction
  by Pia R. Kamstrup, MD1 • Børge G. Nordestgaard, MD, DMSc1,2
  From the 1Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital; and 2The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  Case Report
A very high lipoprotein(a) level in an older man with known hypertension
  Commentary
Lipoprotein(a) and coronary artery disease: "Little" is more
  by Peter H. Jones, MD

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