2010
Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Dissection by D-Dimer: The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection Substudy on Biomarkers (IRAD-Bio) Experience”, T Suzuki, A Distante, A Zizza, S Trimarchi, M Villani, J Uriarte, L De Luca Tupputi Schinosa, A Renzulli, F Sabino, R Nowak, Judd Hollander, F Counselman, R Vijayendran, E Bossone, and K Eagle (Article)
Atrial pacing or ventricular backup-only pacing in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients., Michael O Sweeney, Kenneth A Ellenbogen, Anthony S L Tang, David Whellan, Peter T Mortensen, Francesco Giraldi, David A Sandler, Lou Sherfesee, Todd Sheldon, and Vadim A. Levin MD (Article)
Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Detection of Cardiac Amyloidosis, Imran S. Syed MD; James F. Glockner MD; DaLi Feng MD; Philip A. Araoz MD; Matthew W. Martinez; William D. Edwards MD; Morie A. Gertz MD; Angela Dispenzieri MD; Jae K. Oh MD; Diego Bellavia MD, PhD; A Jamil Tajik MD; and Martha Grogan MD (Article)
Mechanical support for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock: has progress been made?, Erik A Sylvin, David R Stern, and Daniel J Goldstein (Article)
Transapical deployment of endovascular thoracic aortic stent graft for an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm., Wilson Y Szeto, William G Moser, Nimesh D Desai, Rita K Milewski, Albert T Cheung, Alberto Pochettino, and Joseph E. Bavaria MD (Article)
Identifying the policy implications of competency-based education., Sarah Taber, Jason R Frank, Kenneth A Harris, Nicholas J Glasgow, William Iobst, and Martin Talbot (Article)
Aspirin administration in ED patients who presented with undifferentiated chest pain: age, race, and sex effects., Kevin M Takakuwa, Frances S Shofer, and Judd E Hollander (Article)
Hepatitis C recurrence is not adversely affected by the use of donation after cardiac death liver allografts., Ran Tao, Kristine Ruppert, Ruy J Cruz, Shahid Malik MD, Obaid Shaikh, Jawad Ahmad, Andrea DiMartini, Abhinav Humar, Paulo A Fontes, and Michael E de Vera (Article)
Percutaneous cryoablation techniques and clinical applications., Servet Tatli MD, Murat Acar, Kemal Tuncali, Paul R Morrison, and Stuart Silverman (Article)
Abdominal masses sampled at PET/CT-guided percutaneous biopsy: initial experience with registration of prior PET/CT images., Servet Tatli MD, Victor H Gerbaudo, Marcelo Mamede, Kemal Tuncali, Paul B Shyn, and Stuart G Silverman (Article)
Coiling of ruptured aneurysms followed by evacuation of hematoma., Rabih G Tawk, Aditya Pandey, Elad Levy, Kenneth Liebman, Robert Rosenwasser, L Nelson Hopkins, and Erol Veznedaroglu (Article)
Human Acellular Dermal Matrix as a Prosthesis for Repair of a Traumatic Diaphragm Rupture, Erik J. Teicher MD; Firas G. Madbak MD; Dale A. Dangleben MD; and Michael D. Pasquale MD, FACS, FCCM (Article)
Common duct obstruction by shotgun bullet fragment as a cause of cholangitis., Erik J Teicher, Rovinder S. Sandhu MD, Dale A. Dangleben MD, and Michael M. Badellino MD (Article)
Growth factor modulation of hepatic inflammation: a novel approach to the management of total parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease., Keith A Thatch, Michael S Katz, Marian M Haber, and Marshall Z Schwartz (Article)
A comparison of laparoscopic and open Nissen fundoplication and gastrostomy placement in the neonatal intensive care unit population., Keith A Thatch, Edward Y Yoo, L Grier Arthur, Christine Finck, Douglas Katz, Matthew Moront, Rajeev Prasad, Charles Vinocur, and Marshall Z Schwartz (Article)
An evaluation of resident work profiles, attending-resident teaching interactions, and the effect of variations in emergency department volume on each., Lorraine G Thibodeau, Sean P Geary, and Christopher Werter (Article)
MLL-AF9-induced leukemogenesis requires coexpression of the wild-type Mll allele., Austin T Thiel, Peter Blessington, Tao Zou, Danielle Feather, Xinjiang Wu, Jizhou Yan, Hui Zhang, Zuguo Liu, Patricia Ernst, Gary A Koretzky, and Xianxin Hua (Article)
Resident education in principles and technique of bowel surgery using an ex-vivo porcine model., M Bijoy Thomas MD, V Dandolu, P Caputo, R Milner, and E Hernandez (Article)
Phase 2 trial of eritoran tetrasodium (E5564), a toll-like receptor 4 antagonist, in patients with severe sepsis., Mark Tidswell, William Tillis, Steven P Larosa, Melvyn Lynn, Alec E Wittek, Richard Kao, Janice Wheeler, Jagadish Gogate, Steven M Opal, and Mark Cipolle MD (Article)
Ulcerative Gastritis Secondary to Epstein-Barr Viral Infection., Adam D Toll, Sajjad Malik MD, and Madalina Tuluc (Article)
Renal access by urologist or radiologist during percutaneous nephrolithotomy., Jeffrey J Tomaszewski, Tara D Ortiz, Bishoy A Gayed, Marc C Smaldone, Stephen V Jackman, and Timothy D Averch (Article)
Emerging intravesical therapies for management of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer., Jeffrey J Tomaszewski and Marc C Smaldone (Article)
Cesium 131 versus iodine 125 implants for prostate cancer: evaluation of early PSA response., Jeffrey J Tomaszewski, Marc C Smaldone, Sami Makaroun, Ryan P Smith, Sushil Beriwal, and Ronald M Benoit (Article)
Factors affecting blood loss during percutaneous nephrolithotomy using balloon dilation in a large contemporary series., Jeffrey J Tomaszewski, Marc C Smaldone, Tina Schuster, Stephen V Jackman, and Timothy D Averch (Article)
Outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy stratified by body mass index., Jeffrey J Tomaszewski, Marc C Smaldone, Tina Schuster, Stephen V Jackman, and Timothy D Averch (Article)
Anatomical considerations of subcoracoid neurovascular structures in anterior shoulder reconstruction., James A. Tom MD, Douglas L. Cerynik MD, C Marcus Lee BS, Gabriel E. Lewullis, and Neil S. Kumar (Article)
Fibrochondrogenesis results from mutations in the COL11A1 type XI collagen gene., Stuart W Tompson, Carlos A Bacino, Nicole P Safina, Michael B Bober, Virginia K Proud, Tara Funari, Michael F Wangler, Lisette Nevarez, Leena Ala-Kokko, William R Wilcox, David R Eyre, Deborah Krakow, and Daniel H Cohn (Article)
Rimonabant for prevention of cardiovascular events (CRESCENDO): a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial., Eric J Topol; Marie-Germaine Bousser; Keith A A Fox; Mark A Creager; Jean-Pierre Despres; J Donald Easton; Christian W Hamm; Gilles Montalescot; P Gabriel Steg; Thomas A Pearson; Eric Cohen; Christophe Gaudin; Bernard Job; Judith H Murphy; Deepak L Bhatt; and Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP (Article)
Health Information Technology Improves Mortality and Decreases Ventilator Use in Critically Ill Patients, Joseph Tracy MS, BA; Matthew McCambridge MD; Kari Jones PhD; Hannah D. Paxton RN, MPH; Kathy Baker MPH, RN; Elliot J. Sussman; and Jeffrey Etchason MD (Article)
Sonography of the coracohumeral interval: a potential technique for diagnosing coracoid impingement., Michael R Tracy, Tamara A Trella, Levon N Nazarian, Christopher J Tuohy, and Gerald R Williams (Article)
QUIZ HQ 55. Unusual cause of obstructive jaundice and cholangitis., Baotram Tran, Kyle Dunning, and Harjeet Kohli (Article)
A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Acute Care Patient with a Stroke, Sandra M. Tremblay PT, MS, CWS, MSCS (Article)
Prostate cancer: value of multiparametric MR imaging at 3 T for detection--histopathologic correlation., Baris Turkbey, Peter A Pinto, Haresh Mani, Marcelino Bernardo, Yuxi Pang, Yolanda L McKinney, Kiranpreet Khurana MD, Gregory C Ravizzini, Paul S Albert, Maria J Merino, and Peter L Choyke (Article)
Recall those thrilling days of yesteryear .., Andrew T Turrisi (Article)
Celiac artery aneurysm repair in Behcet disease complicated by recurrent thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms., Brant W Ullery, Alberto Pochettino, Grace J Wang, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Ronald M Fairman, and Edward Y Woo (Article)
Freehand MRI-guided preoperative needle localization of breast lesions after MRI-guided vacuum-assisted core needle biopsy without marker placement., Stephanie M W Y van de Ven, Margaret C Lin, Bruce L Daniel, Priya Sareen MD, Jafi A Lipson, Sunita Pal, Frederick M Dirbas, and Debra M Ikeda (Article)
Predictors of poor neurologic outcome in patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest., Vincent J Vanston, Mary Lawhon-Triano, Roger Getts DO, John Prior, and Raymond A Smego (Article)
Barriers to colorectal cancer screening among African American population, K Veerabhadrappa (Article)
Enhanced blood pressure variability in a high cardiovascular risk group of African Americans: FIT4Life Study., Praveen Veerabhadrappa, Keith M Diaz, Deborah L Feairheller, Kathleen M Sturgeon, Sheara Williamson, Deborah L Crabbe, Abul Kashem, Debra Ahrensfield, and Michael D Brown (Article)
Surgical treatment of refractory status epilepticus in children: candidate selection and outcome., Martina Vendrame MD, PhD and Tobias Loddenkemper (Article)
Experience with rufinamide in a pediatric population: a single center's experience., Martina Vendrame MD, PhD; Tobias Loddenkemper; Vasu D Gooty; Masanori Takeoka; Alexander Rotenberg; Ann M Bergin; Yaman Z Eksioglu; Annapurna Poduri; Frank H Duffy; Mark Libenson; Blaise F Bourgeois; and Sanjeev V Kothare (Article)
Epilepsy in Prader-Willi syndrome: clinical characteristics and correlation to genotype., Martina Vendrame MD, PhD; Kiran P Maski; Madhumouli Chatterjee; Arezou Heshmati; Kalpathy Krishnamoorthy; Wen-Hann Tan; and Sanjeev V Kothare (Article)
Clinical correlations of midline spikes in children., Martina Vendrame MD, PhD; Molly Tracy; Rohit Das; Frank Duffy; Tobias Loddenkemper; and Sanjeev V Kothare (Article)
Adverse events, toxicity and post-mortem data on duloxetine: Case reports and literature survey, Eric Vey and Inna Kovelman DO (Article)
17-beta estradiol promotion of herpes simplex virus type 1 reactivation is estrogen receptor dependent., Rodolfo D Vicetti Miguel, Brian S Sheridan, Stephen A K Harvey, Robert S Schreiner, Robert L Hendricks, and Thomas L Cherpes (Article)
Irradiation toxic effects during intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma: should we be concerned?, Rajakrishnan Vijayakrishnan, Carol L Shields, Aparna Ramasubramanian, Jacqueline Emrich, Robert Rosenwasser, and Jerry A Shields (Article)
Synthetic Opiates and Urine Drug Tests, Kevin A. Vrablik MD, MPH, FACOEM (Article)
Biportal thoracoscopic sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis in adolescents., Scott D Wait, Brendan D Killory, Gregory P Lekovic, and Curtis A Dickman (Article)
Thoracoscopic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis: analysis of 642 procedures with special attention to Horner's syndrome and compensatory hyperhidrosis., Scott D Wait, Brendan D Killory, Gregory P Lekovic, Francisco A Ponce, Kathy J Kenny, and Curtis A Dickman (Article)
Magnetization transfer ratio mapping of intervertebral disc degeneration., Chenyang Wang; Walter Witschey; Ari Goldberg MD, PhD; Mark Elliott; Arijitt Borthakur; and Ravinder Reddy (Article)
A composite approach to thoracic aortic stent grafting., Grace J Wang, Wilson Y Szeto, Ronald M Fairman, Edward Y Woo, Joseph E. Bavaria MD, and Benjamin M Jackson MD (Article)
Sex, aging, and preexisting cerebral ischemic disease in patients with aortic stenosis., Ping Wang, Michael A Acker, Michel Bilello, Elias R Melhem, Elizabeth Stambrook, Sarah J Ratcliffe, Thomas F Floyd, and Joseph E. Bavaria MD (Article)
Image of the month. Leakage of silicone gel implant., Shafik N Wassef MD, Ernest S Chiu, Haytham H Alabbas, and Emad Kandil (Article)
Once-daily radiotherapy to > or =59.4 Gy versus twice-daily radiotherapy to > or =45.0 Gy with concurrent chemotherapy for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer: a comparative analysis of toxicities and outcomes., John M Watkins, John A Fortney, Amy E Wahlquist, Keisuke Shirai, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, Eric G Aguero, Carol A Sherman, Andrew T Turrisi, and Anand K Sharma (Article)
Definitive radiation therapy for endometrial cancer in medically inoperable elderly patients., Rodney E Wegner, Sushil Beriwal, Dwight E Heron, Scott D Richard, Joseph L Kelly, Robert P Edwards, Paniti Sukumvanich, Kristin K Zorn, and Thomas C Krivak (Article)
Extraosseous osteosarcoma of the esophagus: a case report., Rodney E Wegner, Kevin M McGrath, James D Luketich, and David M Friedland (Article)
Linac-based stereotactic body radiation therapy for treatment of glomus jugulare tumors., Rodney E Wegner, Kenneth D Rodriguez, Dwight E Heron, Barry E Hirsch, Robert L Ferris, and Steven A Burton (Article)
Patient Attitudes Regarding Consent for Emergency Department Computed Tomography Scans, Michael B. Weigner MD; Kate M. Dewar DO; Hilary F. Basham DO; Valery A. Rupp RN, BSN; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Article)
Competency-based education and training in internal medicine., Steven E Weinberger, Anne G Pereira, William F Iobst, Alex J Mechaber, and Michael S Bronze (Article)
Relation between thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score and one-year outcomes for patients presenting at the emergency department with potential acute coronary syndrome., Benjamin M Weisenthal, Anna Marie Chang, Kristy M Walsh, Mark J Collin, Frances S Shofer, and Judd E Hollander (Article)
Assessing Factors Involved in Genetic Counselors' Support of Predictive Genetic Testing in Minors, M Wells, A M. Augustyn, and K Valverde (Article)
71-P: ATG Interfernce in Single Antigen Luminex Testing: To Treat or Not to Treat, Marily Wetmore, Patricia Kimble, Michael J. Moritz MD, and Robert Cirocco PhD (Article)
The NRMP's Perspective on Positions Offered Outside the Match: Commentary on: Outside-the-Match Residency Offers: The Possible Extent and Implications of “Prematching” in Postgraduate Medical Education, Thomas V. Whalen MD; Hal B. Jenson MD, MBA; Carl A. Sirio MD; and Mona M. Signer MPH (Article)
Vampirism, vampire cults and the teenager of today., Megan White and Hatim Omar MD (Article)
Safety and effectiveness of acetadote for acetaminophen toxicity., Allyson J Whyte, Thompson Kehrl, Daniel E Brooks, Kenneth D. Katz MD, and Devin Sokolowski (Article)
A systematic review of occipital cervical fusion: techniques and outcomes., Corbett D Winegar, James P Lawrence, Brian Friel DO, Carmella Fernandez, Joseph Hong, Mitchell Maltenfort, Paul A Anderson, and Alexander R Vaccaro (Article)
Severe bilateral hydronephrosis and hydroureter secondary to bladder tuberculosis., Andrew G Winer, Clifford Georges MD, Joseph Feliciano MD, and Llewellyn Hyacinthe (Article)
Acute abdomen: Shaking down the suspects, Amy Wisniewski (Article)
Crossing the blood-brain barrier: clinical interactions between neurologists and hematologists in pediatrics - advances in childhood arterial ischemic stroke and cerebral venous thrombosis., Char Witmer and Rebecca Ichord (Article)
What Do You Do If No One Knows What to Do?, David J. Wojs Jr., CHS, CDP, CCM (Article)
Placebo-controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a urea/lactic acid-based topical keratolytic agent for prevention of capecitabine-induced hand-foot syndrome: North Central Cancer Treatment Group Study N05C5., Sherry L Wolf, Rui Qin, Smitha P Menon, Kendrith M Rowland, Sachdev Thomas, Robert Delaune, Diana Christian, Eduardo R Pajon, Daniel V Satele, Jeffrey L Berenberg, Charles L Loprinzi, and Suresh G. Nair MD (Article)
The effect of deep brain stimulation surgery on repetitive behavior in Parkinson patients: A case series., Mary F Wood, Fredrick N Nguyen, Michael S Okun, Ramone L Rodriguez, Kelly D Foote, and Hubert H Fernandez (Article)
Stroke treatment and prevention: five new things., Tzu-Ching Wu and James C Grotta (Article)
Modulation of cell adhesion and migration by the histone methyltransferase subunit mDpy-30 and its interacting proteins., Bin Xia, Alexandra Joubert, Benjamin Groves, Kevin Vo, Davin Ashraf, Derek Djavaherian, Jason Awe, Ying Xiong, Jacqueline Cherfils, and Dzwokai Ma (Article)
A novel approach to in vivo mitral valve stress analysis., Chun Xu, Clay J Brinster, Arminder S Jassar, Mathieu Vergnat, Thomas J Eperjesi, Robert C Gorman, Joseph H Gorman, and Benjamin M Jackson MD (Article)
Physician Buy-In for EMR's, Lori Yackanicz, Richard Kerr, and Donald Levick MD (Article)
Serotonin Syndrome After Administration of Milnacipran for Fibromyalgia., Hussam A. Yacoub MD, William G. Johnson MD, and Nizar Souayah MD (Article)
Pilomatrix Carcinoma of the Thoracic Spine: Case Report and Review of the Literature., Sanjay Yadia MD; Ciro G. Randazzo MD, MPH; Sajjad Malik MD; Eric Gressen MD; Moshe Chasky MD; Lawrence C. Kenyon MD, PhD; and John K. Ratliff MD (Article)
Strategies to Improve Iron Chelation In Thalassemia Patients Poorly Responsive to Deferasirox, Aleksandra Yakhkind (Article)
A model of sequential heart and composite tissue allotransplant in rats., Jun Yang, Detlev Erdmann, J C Chang, Issei Komatsu, YiXin Zhang, DanRu Wang, Michael S Hodavance MD, Scott T Hollenbeck, Howard Levinson, Bruce Klitzman, and L S Levin (Article)
Changes in host blood factors and brain glia accompanying the functional recovery after systemic administration of bone marrow stem cells in ischemic stroke rats., Ming Yang, Xiaotao Wei, Jing Li, Lynn A Heine, Robert Rosenwasser, and Lorraine Iacovitti (Article)
Scimitar syndrome: a rare cause of dyspnea in adults., Baligh R Yehia, Justin M Bachmann, and Thomas A Traill (Article)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in liver transplantation., Baligh R Yehia and Emily A Blumberg (Article)
Inpatient health services utilization among HIV-infected adult patients in care 2002-2007., Baligh R Yehia, John A Fleishman, Perrin L Hicks, Michelande Ridore, Richard D Moore, and Kelly A Gebo (Article)
The Boston keratoprosthesis in 2 patients with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy., Elvin H Yildiz, Christine G Saad MD, Ralph Eagle, Brandon D Ayres, and Elisabeth J Cohen (Article)
The Boston keratoprosthesis in 2 patients with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy., Elvin H Yildiz, Christine G Saad MD, Ralph Eagle, Brandon D Ayres, and Elisabeth J Cohen (Article)
Transoral incision free fundoplication (TIF) - A new paradigm in the surgical treatment of GERD., Arthur Yushuva, Michael McMahon, and Elliot Goodman (Article)
Heterotopic mesenteric ossification following gastric bypass surgery: case series and review of literature., Arthur Yushuva, Prachi Nagda, Kei Suzuki, Omar H Llaguna, Dimitrios Avgerinos, and Elliot Goodman (Article)
Denouement and discussion: Nasal dermoid sinus cyst, Andrea Zaenglein MD (Article)
Making the case for early treatment of acne., Andrea L Zaenglein (Article)
Treatment of long bone intramedullary infection using the RIA for removal of infected tissue: indications, method and clinical results., Charalampos G Zalavras and Michael Sirkin MD (Article)
Editorial comment., Mark R Zaontz (Article)
Ironing out the phosphorus problem., Joshua J Zaritsky and Isidro B Salusky (Article)
Reduction of serum hepcidin by hemodialysis in pediatric and adult patients., Joshua Zaritsky, Brian Young, Barbara Gales, He-Jing Wang, Anjay Rastogi, Mark Westerman, Elizabeta Nemeth, Tomas Ganz, and Isidro B Salusky (Article)
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for acute complicated type B aortic dissection: superiority relative to conventional open surgical and medical therapy., Ahmad Zeeshan, Edward Y Woo, Joseph E. Bavaria MD, Ronald M Fairman, Nimesh D Desai, Alberto Pochettino, and Wilson Y Szeto (Article)
SUBCUTANEOUS FIXA INHIBITOR PROVIDES PROLONGED ANTICOAGULATION: THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL SUBCUTANEOUS APPLICATION OF AN APTAMER, S Zelenkofske (Article)
FACTOR IXA INHIBITION WITH REG1 PROVIDES RAPID ONSET, STABLE AND ACTIVELY CONTROLLED ANTICOAGULATION DURING PCI, Steven Zelenkofske (Article)
Secondary immunologic consequences in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DiGeorge syndrome/velocardiofacial syndrome)., Robert M. Zemble MD, E Luning Prak, K McDonald, D McDonald-McGinn, E Zackai, and K Sullivan (Article)
Use of Low-Dose Ketamine Infusion For Pediatric Patients With Sickle Cell Disease-Related Pain: A Case Series., William T. Zempsky MD; Kristin A. Loiselle BS; John M. Corsi; and J. Nathan Hagstrom MD, MHCM (Article)
Do children with sickle cell disease receive disparate care for pain in the emergency department?, William T. Zempsky MD; Kristin A. Loiselle BS; Kathleen McKay PhD; Brian H. Lee BS; J. Nathan Hagstrom MD, MHCM; and Nail L. Schechter MD (Article)