Kara Greenwald, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The United States medical community, still reeling from an exciting debate in Congress, has revealed its cautiously optimistic side this week in the journals …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
March 28, 2010Vivian 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 …
The Evolution of Cardiac Biomarkers: What’s on the Horizon?
March 24, 2010
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 …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
March 22, 2010
Carolyn Bevan MD
Faculty peer reviewed
This week, as the House passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the medical community highlighted some of its most recent achievements in medical …
Mystery Quiz
March 17, 2010Vivian 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 …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
March 15, 2010
Christopher Tully MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Hello again Primecutters and welcome to another edition of your favorite weekly blog. Our fearless editor has allowed me a repeat performance of last week …
When Clopidogrel Fails…
March 10, 2010
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 …
PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals
March 8, 2010
Christopher Tully MD
Faculty peer reviewed
Although the frequent rounds of snow hitting New York City and First Avenue (hopefully) seem to be coming to an end and the outside world …