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- Left ventricular thrombosis can still complicate acute myocardial infarction
Despite revascularization, the next day the patient had an ejection fraction of 35% and a mass in the left ventricle.
- Influenza: Still more important than Zika virus in 2016–2017
Despite all the news reports, infl uenza still kills or hospitalizes more people than Zika.
- Breaking the pain contract: A better controlled-substance agreement for patients on chronic opioid therapy
Common limitations of current pain treatment “contracts,” and strategies to improve them.
- Eruptive xanthoma: Warning sign of systemic disease
Initial laboratory testing showed a triglyceride level of 5,742 mg/dL.
- Update in perioperative cardiac medicine
Risk assessment, risk reduction, antiplatelet therapy after stent placement, and bridging anticoagulation.
- Air leakage in multiple compartments after endoscopy
An attempt to cannulate the common bile duct led to abdominal pain and distention and crepitus of the right chest wall.
- Concurrent uvulitis and epiglottitis
A 66-year-old woman presented with fever, cough, odynophagia, and anterior neck pain.
- Evolution of heart failure management: Miles to go
Despite progress, too many patients still suffer, too many die too young, and the costs are still too great.