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  • The value of echocardiography in mitral valve repair
    William J. Stewart, MD, Ernesto E. Salcedo, MD and Delos M. Cosgrove, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 177-183;

    In patients who require surgery for mitral regurgitation, valve repair may offer numerous advantages over valve replacement.

  • Errata
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 190;
  • Evaluating pulmonary impairment: appropriate use of pulmonary function and exercise tests
    Herbert P. Wiedemann, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 148-152;

    In occupational lung disease, the physician’s first and primary task is detection and measurement of impairment.

  • Howard Scott VanOrdstrand, MD (1911–1988)
    Muzaffar Ahmad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 131-132;

    A pioneer in beryllium lung disease is remembered.

  • Ophthalmic Lasers by Francis A. L’Esperance, Jr., MD
    Z. Nicholas Zakov, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 109;
  • New perspectives in the imaging of pneumoconioses
    Moulay A. Meziane, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 143-147;

    Radiology has responded to the medical and legal challenges of pneumoconioses by providing clinicians with more objective diagnostic information.

  • Asthma: current strategies for treatment
    Theodore F. Reiss, MD and Muzaffar Ahmad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 161-169;

    Inhalation therapy with an anti-inflammatory and direct bronchodilator specifically targets airway inflammation.

  • Left atrial lesion in a 68-year-old
    Cathryn Powers, MD and Kathleen Gleason Beavis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 171-176;
  • Immune mechanisms in beryllium lung disease
    Sharad D. Deodhar, MD, PhD and Barbara P. Barna, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 157-160;

    Animal investigations support the participation of cellular immune mechanisms in beryllium lung disease.

  • Treating High Cholesterol: Everyday Applications of the National Guidelines
    Jeffrey W. Olin, DO and Michael D. Cressman, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1991, 58 (2) 114-115;

    Patient history and laboratory tests are key to the optimal application of the National Cholestrol Education Program guidelines.

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