Lemierre syndrome (postanginal septicemia) is caused by an acute oropharyngeal infection
with secondary septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and frequent metastatic …

Purpose: This review summarizes the available evidence regarding the efficacy of medications
used for ventricular rate control, stroke prevention, acute conversion, and maintenance of …

Several lines of evidence support the notion that elevated blood viscosity may predispose to
insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus by limiting delivery of glucose, insulin, and …

PURPOSE This review summarizes the evidence regarding the efficacy of techniques for
diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism. METHODS We …

Vasculitides are currently classified according to the size of the vessels involved and
characteristic clinical and histopathologic findings. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) …

PURPOSE: To summarize the evidence on the predictive value of clinical prediction rules
for the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism. METHODS: We selected all studies in the …

Clinicians have two competing approaches for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation
(AF): the conversion and maintenance of sinus rhythm, or control of the ventricular rate …

OBJECTIVE. We sought to summarize systematically the published evidence describing the
accuracy of contrast-enhanced helical CT for diagnosing pulmonary embolism. MATERIALS …

BACKGROUND Minorities have lower adherence to cardiovascular medications and have
worst cardiovascular outcomes post coronary stent placement OBJECTIVE The aim of this …

Some endoscopic trainees find it difficult to manipulate an endoscope’s controls, possibly
due to small hand size. To assess this, a survey was mailed to all gastroenterology fellows in …