THE occlusion of aortocoronary vein grafts increases progressively, involves over 50 per cent of grafts 11 years after operation, and is directly related to changes in left ventricular function, symptoms, and survival.^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8} Thus, the maintenance ...

ANGIOIMMUNOBLASTIC lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia is a recently described clinical and pathological entity^{1 , 2} in which histologically diffuse obliteration of the nodal architecture due to proliferation of small vessels and immunoblasts is a ...

IN both rural and urban communities, the leading cause of death in adults continues to be cardiovascular disease, particularly sudden cardiac death occurring outside the hospital. Although major efforts to establish advanced-level paramedical care in ...

CONGENITAL lesions are recognized in about 3 per cent of the newborns in the United States and account for 21 per cent of infant mortality.¹ The causes appear to be heterogeneous. Kalter and Warkany have estimated that about 13.5 per cent are due to a ...

THE publication of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee's report in 1980 began what can best be described as the era of the physician surplus.¹ The federal government and many states have subsequently acknowledged an impending ...

Sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause characterized by enhanced cellular immune processes at sites of involvement.^{36,53,59, 152} Almost all organs can be affected by the disease, but the lower respiratory tract is ...

Presentation of Case

A 58-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of renal failure.

There was a history of hypertension for 17 years. An intravenous urographic examination, performed at the time of the diagnosis, showed no abnormality. Eleven ...

The ability of the fetal and the relatively immature newborn mammal to withstand severe hypoxia is well established.¹ Newborn rats and mice or rat and mouse fetuses obtained by cesarean section shortly before birth survive for 40 to 50 minutes when placed ...

The observation made by Baum and associates¹ and later confirmed by others,² that in most instances sudden cardiac death is neither triggered by nor associated with acute myocardial infarction, defined a need to develop indexes predictive of sudden ...

DESPITE the explosion in biotechnology, over the past 10 to 15 years there has been a gradual decline in the support of biomedical research in the United States. This is true whether support is considered in terms of constant dollars or the fraction of ...

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To the Editor: Ergotamine tartrate is frequently used in the treatment of migraine headaches. Its action seems to be due to a specific constrictor effect on the intracerebral and extracranial blood vessels, which are dilated during migrainous attacks.¹ ...

To the Editor: A number of medications have been shown to cause erosion and ulceration when lodged in the esophagus, including aspirin, emepronium bromide, slow-release potassium preparations, tetracycline, doxycycline, and clindamycin.¹ We recently ...

To the Editor: Autoimmune thrombocytopenia in pregnancy may be associated with fetal thrombocytopenia due to transplacental passage of maternal IgG autoantibody. Although the fall in platelet count may be transient, it is associated with appreciable ...

To the Editor: The report by the members of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (March 3 issue) comparing intermediate-dose methotrexate with cranial irradiation provides important information about the treatment of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia.¹ ...

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The nutrition–health–aging triad is the major orientation of this new work. The author's objective is to bridge the gulf that separates nutritional biochemistry, clinical medicine, and public health. A brief but incisive review of the biologic and ...

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A lively observer of the medical scene recently took to task physicians who have a tendency to categorize patients as "interesting" or "uninteresting." To emphasize this attitudinal problem he wryly identified an "interesting" patient as a young, stoical, ...

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These two books address the current status of specialized clinical approaches and research echocardiography. Both volumes contain publications by clinicians as well as scientists and emphasize to the reader the importance of a strong clinician–scientist ...

Gregg's monograph, The Coronary Circulation in Health and Disease (1950), admirably defined the horizons of knowledge through precise analytical thinking, careful experimental documentation, and conservative interpretation. Since Gregg was preeminent ...

Biomedical Science

Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine. Vol. 27. Edited by Charles E. Cornelius and Charles F. Simpson. 519 pp. New York, Academic Press, 1983. $58.

Aneuploidy. (Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics. No. 11.) By D. J. ...

PROGRAMS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

The University will offer the following programs in the coming months: "Congestive Heart Failure" (Feb. 1); "Drug Therapy Symposium V" (Feb. 8 and 9); "Ear, Nose and Throat Problems in Primary Care" (Feb. 24 and 25);...