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- Evolution and results of aortic valve surgery, and a ‘disruptive’ technology
Percutaneous aortic valve insertion is already benefitting patients who would not be able to undergo open heart surgery for valve replacement. However, the technology is still so new that we do not yet know how to define who will benefit from it.
- A medical center is not a hospital (September 2008)
Comments on Dr. Thomas Lansdale’s provocative essay in the September 2008 issue.
- Update on constipation: One treatment does not fit all
Since constipation has a variety of causes and forms, one treatment does not fit all patients. Often, the key to improvement and patient satisfaction is to understand the mechanism and the patient.
- Skin manifestations of diabetes
Almost all diabetic patients eventually develop skin complications from the disease itself or as a side effect of glucose-lowering drugs.