Welcome to Fast Facts-a new feature of Clinical Correlations. Look for frequent posts summarizing key teaching points from Morning Reports and Noon Conferences from Bellevue, Tisch and the VA.
Bellevue 11/16/08-William Slater M.D.
34 yo female, 4 weeks post-partum, presents …
Hochman JS et al. for the Occluded Artery Trial Investigators. Coronary intervention for persistent occlusion after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 2006 Nov 14; 355.
Reperfusion via thrombolytics or PCI in patients with acute STEMI has been …
This week’s JAMA has an enormous study that looks at chf patients and the use of statins. Data from ~25,000 patients with chf were analyzed for use of statin in the 120 days prior to the initial …
Don’t forget to ask your patients whether they recently attended a screening of Saw III when they are admitted with syncope…