Latest Articles
- New Series
Each article begins with an actual case and focuses on how imaging should be used to establish or exclude a particular diagnosis, with emphasis on the care of the patient.
- Primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute MI: Improving access and outcomes
Patients have a better chance of surviving an acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction if they undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) rather than fibrinolytic therapy. Studies have addressed ways to improve PCI and to make it more accessible.
- The oracle of cough
About 18 months ago my wife began coughing. After a month or so, I naively wondered about the possibility of pertussis.
- A 35-year-old man with recurrent hoarseness
He has undergone laser photoresection of a tracheal mass three times in the past 2 years. What is the diagnosis?
Genetics and cardiomyopathy: Where are we now?Genetic discoveries have changed our understanding of the cardiomyopathies but are only beginning to change our clinical practice.
- Prostate-specific antigen: How to advise patients as the screening debate continues
There is still no consensus on whether prostate-specific antigen measurement should be used as a screening test for prostate cancer, but patients have the right to be informed about its risks and possible benefits.
- IVUS: A better picture of coronary artery disease?
As an end point in a clinical trial, a change on intravascular ultrasonography is somewhere between a change in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and a change in the mortality rate as evidence of efficacy of treatment.