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- The role of adrenergic drugs in antihypertensive therapy
The clinical effects of drugs in the adrenergic class can be predicted by the location of the alpha or beta receptors that the drug activates or inhibits.
- Virilization secondary to topical testosterone
Alternatives to topical testosterone may reduce the risk of androgenic side effects.
- Dog heartworm causing necrotizing granuloma of the lung
A patient was thought to have a neoplastic lesion until tissue examination revealed a nonviable parasite within a pulmonary artery.
- Post-MI Cardiac Remodeling: New Perspectives
The challenge of the 1990s for cardiologists is to change the quality of a patient’s MI to preserve myocardial structure.
- A new intracellular flush solution improves renal transplant preservation
A new renal preservation flush solution minimizes the ischemic injury that occurs during hypothermic storage and reperfusion.
- Foot Care in Diabetes: Vigilant Inspection Still Best
About half of nontraumatic lower extremity amputations in diabetic patients may be preventable with early recognition of treatable problems.
- Rehabilitation strategies for the complex cardiac patient
Cardiac rehabilitation is as advantageous for a patient with life-threatening arrhythmias as for the post-coronary bypass patient, but the program should be carefully designed and monitored.