2008
An unusual skin nodule. Over the past 2 months, the patient lost 20 pounds and noticed "bumps" on her body., David Andrew Kasper and Aradhna Saxena (Article)
Angiosarcoma clinically resembling morpheaform basal cell carcinoma., David A Kasper, Matthew T Smetanick, and Tanya Ermolovich DO (Article)
A CASE OF RELAPSING BILATERAL EXTERNAL OTITIS, Shannon Kearney DO (Article)
Caffeine in children with obstructive sleep apnea., Samia N Khalil, Douglas Maposa, Oscar Ghelber, Mary F Rabb, Maria Matuszczak, Balamurugan A Ganesan MD, Hessam Khalili Tabrizi, and Alice Z Chuang (Article)
"Broken heart syndrome": catecholamine surge or aborted myocardial infarction?, Hicham Khallafi, Vinod Chacko, Nickolas Varveralis, and Farhad Elmi MD (Article)
Use of a standardized order set for achieving target temperature in the implementation of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: a feasibility study., J Hope Kilgannon, Brian W Roberts, Mary Stauss, Mary Jo Cimino, Lynn Ferchau, Michael E Chansky, R Phillip Dellinger, Joseph E Parrillo, and Stephen Trzeciak (Article)
Improving STEMI Care in Eastern Pennsylvania: The Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network MI-ALERT Program, J Patrick Kleaveland; Bruce Feldman DO; David A. Cox MD; Richard S. MacKenzie MD; Stephen Palmer; David M. Richardson MD; Jeffrey Snyder MD; Gerald Pytlewski; James Reed; and Michael A. Rossi MD, MBA (Article)
Suppression of E-protein activity interferes with the development of BCR-ABL-mediated myeloproliferative disease., Jinkyung Ko, Nihal Patel MD, Tomokatsu Ikawa, Hiroshi Kawamoto, Oliver Frank, Richard R Rivera, Richard A Van Etten, and Cornelis Murre (Article)
Clinical and electrical performance of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene-covered defibrillator leads in comparison to traditional leads., Bruce A Koplan, Stan Weiner, David Gilligan, Lisa Thackeray, Stacia Merkel, and Kellie Chase Berg (Article)
Petrobactin is produced by both pathogenic and non-pathogenic isolates of the Bacillus cereus group of bacteria., Andrew T Koppisch, Suraj Dhungana, Karen K Hill, Hakim Boukhalfa, Henry S Heine, Leslie A Colip, Raymond B Romero, Yulin Shou, Lawrence O Ticknor, Babetta L Marrone, Larry E Hersman, Srinivas Iyer, and Christy E Ruggiero (Article)
123: Increased Risk of Peripheral Arterial Disease with Increasing Albumin/Creatine Ratio and Decreased GFR, Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP and James F. Reed (Article)
Prevalence of Proteinuria in the US Adult Population: Results from NHANES Surveys (2001-2004), Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP and James F. Reed III, PhD (Article)
Resident and fellow section. Expert opinion: trigeminal autonomic cephalgia post transsphenoidal surgery., Matthew Kozminski (Article)
Miller Fisher variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome: a report of case., Matthew P Kozminski (Article)
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and thiamine deficiency after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in obese patients., Shilen V Lakhani, Hiral N. Shah MD, Kenneth Alexander, Frederick C Finelli, John R Kirkpatrick, and Timothy R Koch (Article)
Comparison between ticlopidine and clopidogrel in patients undergoing primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction: results from the CADILLAC trial., Alexandra J Lansky, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Micheal Brener, Roxana Mehran, Ecaterina Cristea, Cody Pietras, Cindy L Grines, David A Cox, Eulogio Garcia, James E Tcheng, Giulio Guagliumi, Thomas Stuckey, Mark Turco, John D Carroll, Barry D Rutherford, Martin B Leon, Jeffrey Moses, and Gregg W Stone (Article)
Drug-eluting Stents and Acute Myocardial Infarction: Experience from the TAXUS ARRIVE Registry Program, J M. Lasala, David A. Cox MD, M Schweiger, D Jenny, N Davakis, S Mascioli, and D Baim (Article)
Usage patterns and 2-year outcomes with the TAXUS express stent: results of the US ARRIVE 1 registry., John M Lasala, David A Cox, David Dobies, Joseph B Muhlestein, John N Katopodis, George Revtyak, and Donald S Baim (Article)
Chapter 27 - MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM 078.0, Alan Leahey and Frank Baloh (Article)
Cardioembolic stroke: An update on etiology, diagnosis and management., Megan Leary MD and Louis R Caplan (Article)
Successful treatment of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus meningitis with daptomycin., Dong Heun Lee, Brandon Palermo, and Mashiul Chowdhury MD (Article)
First Prize (tie): Laparoscopic renal cryoablation: efficacy and complications for larger renal masses., Daniel S Lehman, Gregory W Hruby, Courtney K Phillips, James M McKiernan, Mitchell C Benson, and Jaime Landman (Article)
Prospective randomized comparison of a combined ultrasonic and pneumatic lithotrite with a standard ultrasonic lithotrite for percutaneous nephrolithotomy., Daniel S Lehman, Gregory W Hruby, Courtney Phillips, Ramakrishna Venkatesh, Sara Best, Manoj Monga, and Jaime Landman (Article)
An assessment of urologists' training and knowledge of energy-based surgical devices., Daniel S Lehman, Courtney K Phillips, Gregory W Hruby, Sarah Lambert, and Jaime Landman (Article)
NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF SJÖGREN SYNDROME AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, Steven L. Lewis MD (Article)
Influence of timing of clopidogrel treatment on the efficacy and safety of bivalirudin in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an analysis of the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial., A Michael Lincoff, Steven R Steinhubl, Steven V Manoukian, Derek Chew, Charles V Pollack, Frederick Feit, James H Ware, Michel E Bertrand, E Magnus Ohman, Walter Desmet, David A Cox, Roxana Mehran, and Gregg W Stone (Article)
Strokes Following Open Heart Surgery Aren’t Directly Related to the Stenotic Carotid Artery, Yuebing Li; Karen A. Boutron RN; J Rodgers; Debra Walicki; Claranne Mathiesen RN, MSN, CNRN; Q Li; Yevgeniy Isayev; and John Castaldo MD (Article)
Sunao Tawara, a cardiac pathophysiologist., Marios Loukas, Sanjay Linganna MD, Akiko Chiba, and R Shane Tubbs (Article)
Anatomy and biomechanics of the vertebral aponeurosis part of the posterior layer of the thoracolumbar fascia., Marios Loukas, Mohammadali M Shoja, Todd Thurston, Virginia L Jones, Sanjay Linganna MD, and R Shane Tubbs (Article)
Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy (CUA) Successfully Treated with Intravenous Sodium Thiosulphate, Nektarios I. Lountzis MD (Article)
Sorafenib-induced palmoplantar hyperkeratosis., Nektarios I. Lountzis MD and Michele S Maroon (Article)
Images in clinical medicine. Digital verrucae., Nektarios I. Lountzis MD and Omar Rahman (Article)
Obesity, bariatric surgery, and iron deficiency: true, true, true and related., Aileen L Love MD and Henny H Billett (Article)
Fighting through the EHR jungle., Robert Lowes and Louis Spikol (Article)
Safety and Effectivness of Continuous Insulin Infusion in Non Critical Care Setting in Surgical Patients, Vasudev Magaji MD, MS; Yasaman Mohtasebi MD; Anna Marina MD; and Jann Johnston MD (Poster)
Update on tizanidine for muscle spasticity and emerging indications., Gerard Malanga; Raymond D Reiter; and Edward Garay MD, PhD (Article)
Cor triatriatum: a multimodality imaging approach., Amyn Malik, Daniel Fram, Amir Mohani, Mark Fischerkeller, Arshad Yekta, Yaqoob Mohyuddin MD, and Cynthia Taub (Article)
Abstract 5929: Evaluation of Myocardial Substrate with MRI Late Gadolinium Enhancement Allows for Earlier Detection of Cardiac Involvement Compared with Morphological Assessment in Primary AL Amyloidosis, Matthew W. Martinez MD (Article)
Abstract 5931: The Presence and Pattern of Late Gadolinium Enhancement on cardiac MRI in Amyloidosis is Associated with Other Markers of Prognosis, Matthew W. Martinez MD (Article)
Abstract 5932: The Differences of Echocardiography and MRI Findings in Patients with Constrictive Pericarditis According to the History of Chest Radiation, Matthew W. Martinez MD (Article)
Abstract 686: Utility of Transesophageal Echocardiography versus Computed Tomography in Detection of Intracardiac Thrombus in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, Matthew W. Martinez MD (Article)
Mid-cavitary obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy., M W Martinez, P Sorajja, and S R Ommen (Article)
Testing the effectiveness of the Amputee Mobility Protocol: a pilot study., Karen Marzen-Groller MSN, R; Sandra M. Tremblay PT, MS, CWS, MSCS; Julie Kaszuba BSN, RN; Victoria Girodo RN, CMSRN; Deborah Swavely DNP, RN; Barbara Moyer MSN, RN, PhD Ed; Kimberly Bartman RN, BSN, CVN; Wendy Carraher BSN, RN, CMSRN; and Eric Wilson MD (Article)
Mentoring nurses in familial cancer risk assessment and counseling: lessons learned from a formative evaluation., Agnes Masny, Mary E Ropka, Candace Peterson, Dominique Fetzer, and Mary B Daly (Article)
A randomized trial of electronic clinical reminders to improve medication laboratory monitoring., Michael E Matheny, Thomas D Sequist, Andrew C Seger, Julie M Fiskio, Michael Sperling, Don Bugbee, David W Bates, and Tejal K Gandhi (Article)
Framingham Risk Score Inadequately Predicts Patients at Risk of a First ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Martin E. Matsumura MD (Article)
Evaluation of cryoprobe deployment precision with body surface and in situ templates., Keegan L Maxwell, Courtney Phillips, Jay S Belani, Yan Yan, and Jaime Landman (Article)
Efficacy and safety of recombinant activated factor VII for acute intracerebral hemorrhage., Stephan A Mayer, Nikolai C Brun, Kamilla Begtrup, Joseph Broderick, Stephen Davis, Michael N Diringer, Brett E Skolnick, Thorsten Steiner, and Lorraine Spikol (Article)
Preeclampsia and angiogenic imbalance., Sharon E. Maynard MD, Franklin H Epstein, and S Ananth Karumanchi (Article)
Circulating angiogenic factors in singleton vs multiple-gestation pregnancies., Sharon E. Maynard MD, Tiffany A Moore Simas, Matthew J Solitro, Abraham Rajan, Sybil Crawford, Peter Soderland, and Bruce A Meyer (Article)
Treatment of Mild-to-Moderate Acute Pain. Panel discussion., Bill McCarberg, Robert L Barkin, Leslie Fish, Ronald J Kulich, Louis Kuritzky, Bruce Nicholson MD, Joshua Rittenberg, Eugene Viscusi, and Arthur L Weaver (Article)
The impact of pain on quality of life and the unmet needs of pain management: results from pain sufferers and physicians participating in an Internet survey., Bill H McCarberg, Bruce Nicholson MD, Knox H Todd, Trish Palmer, and Leslie Penles (Article)
The Harmonizing Outcomes with RevasculariZatiON and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction (HORIZONS-AMI) Trial: study design and rationale., Roxana Mehran, Bruce Brodie, David A Cox, Cindy L Grines, Barry Rutherford, Deepak L Bhatt, George Dangas, Fred Feit, E Magnus Ohman, Helen Parise, Martin Fahy, Alexandra J Lansky, and Gregg W Stone (Article)
Platelet C4d is associated with acute ischemic stroke and stroke severity., Nidhi Mehta MD, Ken Uchino, Saeed Fakhran, M Abdus Sattar, Barton F Branstetter, Karen Au, Jeannine S Navratil, Barbara Paul, Melissa Lee, Katie M Gallagher, Susan Manzi, Joseph M Ahearn, and Amy H Kao (Article)
Multiple intracerebral hemorrhages after cervical epidural injections., Joshua Mendelson, Srikanth Muppidi, and Stephen Silberstein (Article)
Substituted hippurates and hippurate analogs as substrates and inhibitors of peptidylglycine alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase (PHM)., David J Merkler, Alexander S Asser, Laura E Baumgart, Natalie Carballo, Sarah E Carpenter, Geoffrey H Chew, Casey C Cosner, Jodi Dusi, Lamar C Galloway, Andrew B Lowe, Edward W Lowe, Lawrence King, Robert D Kendig, Paul C Kline, Robert Malka, Kathleen A Merkler, Neil R McIntyre, Mindy Romero, Benjamin Wilcox MD, and Terence C Owen (Article)
Dialkyl thioureas., Giuseppe Militello and Rebecca Marcus (Article)
Freedom From Complications Related to Dual Ball-and-Cage Mechanical Valve Prostheses Despite Thirty Years Without Anticoagulation, Matthew M. Miller DO, Robert Hipp, and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Article)
Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of sorafenib, an oral multikinase inhibitor, in Japanese patients with advanced refractory solid tumors., Hironobu Minami, Kenji Kawada, Hiromichi Ebi, Koichi Kitagawa, Yon-il Kim, Kazuhiro Araki, Hirofumi Mukai, Makoto Tahara, Hikaru Nakajima MD, and Keiko Nakajima (Article)
When should a resection sparing mesial structures be considered for temporal lobe epilepsy?, Scott Mintzer and Michael R Sperling (Article)
Evaluation of a novel temperature-sensitive polymer for temporary ureteral occlusion., Gabriella Mirabile, Courtney K Phillips, Andrew Edelstein, Alberto Romano, Zhamshid N Okhunov, Gregory W Hruby, Mantu Gupta, and Jaime Landman (Article)
Reducing birth-related trauma and liability exposure., F Miranda (Article)
Puzzles in practice. Eruptive xanthoma., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Puzzles in practice. Platelet satellitism., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Puzzles in practice. Pyomyositis., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION PREDICTS RESPONSE TO CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION INDEPENDENT OF QRS WIDTH AND DYSSYNCHRONY, Lynn Moran and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Article)
Can Surgeons Improve Survival in Stage IV Melanoma?, Paul J. Mosca MD, PhD; Erik J. Teicher MD; Suresh G. Nair MD; and Barbara A. Pockaj (Article)
The micrornas mir-373 and mir-520c promote tumor migration, invasion and metastasis, Suresh G. Nair MD (Article)
Targeting Intracellular Signaling Pathways in Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS)., Suresh G. Nair MD, Abhishek Sharma, and Amin S. Robertson (Poster)
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: an insight into pathogenesis., Sudip Nanda, Surya Prakash Bhatt, and Thompson H Dale (Article)
Inferior vena cava anomalies-a common cause of DVT and PE commonly not diagnosed., Sudip Nanda, Surya Prakash Bhatt, and Mohamed A Turki (Article)
Conundrum of elevated HbA1C and hypoglycemia-a rare cause., Sudip Nanda, Shree Gopal Sharma, Surya Prakash Bhatt, John Pamula, and Mohammad I Arastu (Article)
Necrotizing and crescentic lupus nephritis with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody seropositivity., Samih H Nasr, Vivette D D'Agati, Hye-Ran Park, Paul L Sterman, Juan D Goyzueta, Robert M Dressler, Shawn M Hazlett DO, Robert N Pursell, Christopher Caputo, and Glen S Markowitz (Article)
Barriers and Facilitators for Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices in the Latino Community: Perspectives From Community Leaders, Ana Natale-Pereira MD, MPH; Jonnie Marks PhD; Marielos Vega RN, BSN; Dawne Mouzon MPH; Shawna V. Hudson PhD; and Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH (Article)
Urologic laser types and instrumentation., Ricardo A Natalin, Courtney K Phillips, Ralph V Clayman, and Jaime Landman (Article)
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin mediates 13-cis retinoic acid-induced apoptosis of human sebaceous gland cells., Amanda M Nelson, Wei Zhao, Kathryn L Gilliland, Andrea L Zaenglein, Wenlei Liu, and Diane M Thiboutot (Article)
Typical atrial flutter as a risk factor for the development of atrial fibrillation in patients without otherwise demonstrable atrial tachyarrhythmias., Daniel W C Ng, Gregory T Altemose, Qing Wu, Komandoor Srivasthan, and Luis R P Scott (Article)
Morphine sulfate extended-release capsules for the treatment of chronic, moderate-to-severe pain., Bruce Nicholson MD (Article)
Percutaneous balloon compression for the treatment of recurrent trigeminal neuralgia: long-term outcome in 29 patients., Ibrahim Omeis, David Smith, Susan Kim, and Raj Murali (Article)
Pharmacokinetics & drug resistance of melphalan in regional chemotherapy: ILP versus ILI., James C Padussis, Samuel N Steerman, Douglas S Tyler, and Paul J Mosca (Article)
Aliskiren combined with losartan in type 2 diabetes and nephropathy., Hans-Henrik Parving; Frederik Persson; Julia B Lewis; Edmund J Lewis; Norman K Hollenberg; AVOID Study Investigators; and Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP (Article)
Intracoronary abciximab use in patients undergoing PCI at a community hospital: a single operator experience., Sandeep S Patel, Hiralal Rana, and Daniel A N Mascarenhas (Article)
Temozolomide rechallenge in recurrent malignant glioma by using a continuous temozolomide schedule: the "rescue" approach., James R Perry, Philippe Rizek, Rosemary Cashman, Meredith Morrison, and Tara Morrison MD (Article)
Successful Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Quality Initiative to Improve Adherence to the Heart Failure Performance Measures, Donna F. Petruccelli CRNP; N Davies-Hathen; Michael A. Rossi MD, MBA; and Y Xaing (Article)
Tissue response to surgical energy devices., Courtney K Phillips, Gregory W Hruby, Evren Durak, Daniel S Lehman, Peter A Humphrey, Mahesh M Mansukhani, and Jaime Landman (Article)
The effect of intraluminal content on the bursting strength of vessels ligated with the harmonic ACE and LigaSure V., Courtney K Phillips, Gregory W Hruby, Gabriella Mirabile, Piruz Motamedinia, Evren Durak, Daniel S Lehman, Pun Wei Hong, and Jaime Landman (Article)
Economic evaluation of bivalirudin with or without glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition versus heparin with routine glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition for early invasive management of acute coronary syndromes., Duane S Pinto, Gregg W Stone, Chunxue Shi, Elizabeth S Dunn, Matthew R Reynolds, Meghan York, Joshua Walczak, Ronna H Berezin, Roxana Mehran, Brent T McLaurin, David A Cox, E Magnus Ohman, A Michael Lincoff, and David J Cohen (Article)
Chronic glucagon-like peptide-1 infusion sustains left ventricular systolic function and prolongs survival in the spontaneously hypertensive, heart failure-prone rat., Indu Poornima, Suzanne B Brown, Siva Bhashyam, Pratik Parikh, Hakki Bolukoglu, and Richard P Shannon (Article)
Anomalous bronchial anatomy complicating one-lung ventilation for anterior correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis., Steven M Presciutti, Alexander R Vaccaro, George D Picetti, Zoe Brown, Brian Friel DO, and Corbett D Winegar (Article)
Hydroxychloroquine-induced hyperpigmentation: the staining pattern., Puja K Puri, Nektarios I. Lountzis MD, William Tyler, and Tammie Ferringer (Article)
Circalunar and ultralunar periodicities in women with partial seizures., Mark Quigg, Kristen M Fowler, and Andrew G Herzog (Article)
Shoulder Injury - Ultimate Frisbee, Jeffrey Radecki MD (Article)
Brugada syndrome., Astrid Radermacher and Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Progression of kidney disease in moderately hypercholesterolemic, hypertensive patients randomized to pravastatin versus usual care: a report from the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT)., Mahboob Rahman; Charles Baimbridge; Barry R Davis; Joshua Barzilay; Jan N Basile; Mario A Henriquez; Anne Huml; Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP; Gail T Louis; Sara L Pressel; Clive Rosendorff; Sithiporn Sastrasinh; and Carol Stanford (Article)
The Other "Cotton Fever", Dzanan Ramik and Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Traumatic tricuspid papillary muscle and chordae rupture: emerging role of three-dimensional echocardiography., Venkataramana K Reddy, Sudip Nanda, Naveen Bandarupalli, Koteswara Rao Pothineni, and Navin C Nanda (Article)
High Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Asymptomatic US AdultsAged >40 with the Metabolic Syndrome: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2004, James Reed, Sherrine Eid MPH, Bree Edris, and Andrew D. Sumner MD (Article)
Leg wound infections following greater saphenous vein harvesting: minimally invasive vein harvesting versus conventional vein harvesting., James F Reed (Article)
Impact of laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection for adenocarcinoma of the lower rectum on circumferential resection margin, James F. Reed III, PhD (Article)
Metabolic Syndrome in US Adults Increases with Decreased GFR: Results from NHANES Surveys, James F. Reed III, PhD and Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP (Article)