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- A farmer with chest pain and lung nodules
The patient, age 50, was treated 25 years ago for brucellosis. But he is also a 30-pack-year smoker. What does he have?
- Kidneys have a lot of nerve
Renal denervation shows promise. But hypertension is a heterogeneous condition, and the patient’s underlying pathophysiology may dictate the response to this physiologically based therapy.
- Renal denervation to treat resistant hypertension: Guarded optimism
Can a percutaneous catheter-based procedure cure resistant hypertension? The limited data available so far look good.
- Aortic stenosis: Who should undergo surgery, transcatheter valve replacement?
For some patients with aortic stenosis, the choice of management is simple; for others it is less so.
- The promise of renal denervation
Only with further carefully conducted randomized trials of renal denervation will its full promise be realized.
- Patchy hair loss on the scalp
A 12-year-old girl has a large, irregular area of hair loss. What is going on?