Devyani Kothari, MD
Patients are already talking about a New York Times front page article highlighting the risks associated with statin use as a preventive measure for cardiovascular events in relatively “healthy” people. The piece examines …
Devyani Kothari, MD
Patients are already talking about a New York Times front page article highlighting the risks associated with statin use as a preventive measure for cardiovascular events in relatively “healthy” people. The piece examines …
Molly Cason
Faculty peer reviewed
In a city of over 8 million people, New York City has an annual tuberculosis case rate of 11.4 per 100,000 people, which is more than …
Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is progressive massive fibrosis. This condition is a severe form of silicosis. The chest radiograph (Image 3) shows bullous disease of the right upper lobe, increased density of the right …
Rushi Parikh
Faculty peer reviewed
Cardiac biomarkers have historically been a mainstay of the diagnostic criteria of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Previously utilized cardiac biomarkers include aspartate aminotransferase (AST), lactate dehydrogenase …
Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 39yo male followed in pulmonary clinic for chronic breathlessness and intermittent sputum production, sometimes blood tinged. Symptoms were first noted eleven years earlier at which time pulmonary function testing revealed mixed obstructive …
Marisa Mizus
Faculty peer reviewed
Clopidogrel (Plavix) has been the standard of care for patients with coronary artery disease following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the past decade. Although it is …
Laurel Geraghty
Faculty peer reviewed
Both stroke and heart attack require rapid treatment following the onset of symptoms to minimize morbidity and mortality, but few patients seek help in a timely …
Jia Huang
Faculty peer reviewed
A 46 year-old Asian female presented with recurrent pruritic erythematous papules in a partially linear pattern over her forearms, face, and trunk. Each papule measured about 3/4 inch in …