To the Editor: Calis et al. (Feb. 28 issue)¹ report a significant association of bacteremia with severe anemia in Malawi. Bacteremia in case patients and control patients was mainly due to nontyphoid salmonella. The study showed that nontyphoid ...

To the Editor: In their article on aggressive multiagent treatment of risk factors for diabetic complications, Gæde et al. (Feb. 7 issue)¹ comment that there were no differences in smoking status between the intensive-therapy and conventional-therapy ...

To the Editor: The report by Allen et al. (Jan. 17 issue)¹ on iron-overload–related disease in patients with HFE hereditary hemochromatosis states that among men, the clinical penetrance among HFE C282Y homozygotes was 28.4%. Our study showed that only ...

To the Editor: We strongly support the rationale for ablation of ventricular tachycardia to reduce implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) therapy, described by Reddy et al. (Dec. 27 issue),¹ but would caution that risk stratification is essential ...

To the Editor: Pelliccia et al. (Jan. 10 issue)¹ report long-term follow-up data on 81 athletes with deeply inverted T waves on electrocardiograms (ECGs), who had no apparent cardiac disease, selected from a cohort of 12,550 trained athletes. Among these ...

To the Editor: In his Clinical Practice article on neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, Freeman (Feb. 7 issue)¹ notes that the definition of orthostatic hypotension encompasses a drop in blood pressure during the first 3 minutes of standing. He states ...

To the Editor: Cohen et al. (March 23, 2006, issue)¹ describe a missense variant in the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene that was associated with reductions in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and in the risk of ...