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- Angiotensin-receptor blockers: Benefits beyond lowering blood pressure
These drugs improve the prognosis more than one would expect from their effect on blood pressure alone.
- Restless legs syndrome: Keys to recognition and treatment
Although the condition is common, a high index of suspicion is needed to diagnose it.
- How soon can a patient undergo noncardiac surgery after receiving a drug-eluting stent?
Lacking direct data, we base our approach on data from patients with bare-metal stents and from patients receiving antiplatelet therapy for acute coronary syndromes.
- Intravascular ultrasonography in coronary atherosclerosis trials (June 2005)
Intravascular ultrasonography in coronary atherosclerosis
- Diagnostic imaging approach to pulmonary embolism
A man with cancer presents with new dyspnea and low-grade fever. What is the best diagnostic approach?
- Malfunctions in implantable cardiac devices: Putting the risk in perspective
A device recall does not call for panic. Physicians should weigh the risks and benefits for the individual patient.
- Is a pound of prevention better than an ounce of prevention?
With statins, should we “start low and go slow” or adopt a new paradigm?
- Statins: The case for higher, individualized starting doses
We’re not getting our patients’ low-density lipoprotein cholesterol down to goal levels. We would do better by starting at a higher dose if the patient has a higher baseline level.
- Managing short bowel syndrome: Making the most of what the patient still has
Eating and drinking are better than parenteral nutrition.
- Update on Wegener granulomatosis
Although Wegener granulomatosis is uncommon, it is relevant to internists because it is a multisystem disease that presents in a variety of ways. Current treatments induce remission and allow long-term survival.