Table of Contents

February 01, 1999; Volume 66,Issue 2

Medical Grand Rounds

  • Is stress linked to heart disease?
    Fredric J. Pashkow, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 75-77;

    Recent evidence confirms the popular folklore that mental stress has harmful effects on coronary health. Stress management programs are beneficial in coronary rehabilitation.

  • New technology and new challenges for assisted reproduction
    Tommaso Falcone, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 78-82;

    With advances in the science of reproduction come more options, and more ethical dilemmas.

Internal Medicine Board Review

Review

  • Evaluating back pain in older patients
    Daniel J. Mazanec, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 89-99;

    Low back pain in the elderly has a much wider range of possible causes than in younger patients. An illustration shows some of the causes.

Interpreting Key Trials

  • The Veterans Affairs Non-Q-Wave Infarction Strategies in Hospital (VANQWISH) Study
    Vasant B. Patel, MD and David J. Moliterno, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 100-104;

    Angiography still has a role in non-Q-wave MI, study results notwithstanding.

  • The Hypertension Optimal Treatment Trial
    Donald G. Vidt, MD and Marc A. Pohl, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 105-111;

    In hypertensive patients, low-dose aspirin proves beneficial, but more-aggressive blood pressure treatment falls short—except in persons with diabetes.

Review

  • Issues and controversies in venous thromboembolism
    Teresa L. Carman, MD and Bernardo B. Fernandez, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 1999, 66 (2) 113-123;

    Discussions and recommendations on nine issues in thromboembolism, not commonly addressed in most reviews.

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