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La Puma J. Vitamin A and fracture risk. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(3):36.
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This prospective, multicenter, outcome study was designed to evaluate a diagnostic strategy based on clinical pretest probability, spiral computed tomography, and venous compression ultrasonography of the legs in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism.
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In conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the ArboNet surveillance network of state and local public health departments was established to monitor West Nile virus activity reported in humans, animals, and mosquitoes for three years.
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Whether coronary angiography is indicated in patients with cocaine-associated myocardial infarction, let alone chest pain, is not clear. This paper from the Medical College of Virginia examined the issue, using primarily prospective observational data on consecutive patients admitted for evaluation of chest pain associated with historical or laboratory evidence of cocaine use.
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The 12-lead ECG shown in the Figure was obtained from a 21-year-old, endurance-sport, male athlete. What important cardiac abnormality might be present? What else might this ECG be reflective of?
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When the patient presents with arrhythmia, the diagnosis of Wolff-Parkinson_White (WPW) may not be known nor apparent due to the arrhythmia. The rhythm scenarios and/or features should suggest, not confirm, the diagnosis of WPW.
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In half-hour presentations and lengthier panel discussions, cardiovascular technology company officials, clinicians and industry analysts elevated the dispersal of information to a new art form during two bellwether investor conferences held on opposite coasts last month. The JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, holding its traditional early-January spot as lid-lifter for a years worth of such events, drew its usual throng to the venerable Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
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WASHINGTON While the approval of drug-eluting stents is practically a certainty, interventional radiologists and cardiologists alike are wasting no time in looking to the future and what it may hold in terms of breakthrough treatments. That future could be one without the drug-coated stent.
