Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 April 1997, Vol. 126. No. 8

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Articles

Delayed Hospital Presentation in Patients Who Have Had Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD; Thomas J. McLaughlin, ScD; Donald J. Willison, ScD; Edward Guadagnoli, PhD; Paul J. Hauptman, MD; Xiaoming Gao, MSc; and Stephen B. Soumerai, ScD

Topics: myocardial infarction, acute, hospitals

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):593-599. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00001

Peripheral Blood Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplantation for Solid Tumors and Lymphomas: Hematologic Recovery and Costs: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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Olivier Hartmann, MD; Anne Gaelle Le Corroller, PhD; Didier Blaise, MD; Jean Michon, MD; Irene Philip, MD; Francoise Norol, MD; Maud Janvier, MD; Jose Louis Pico, MD; Marie Christine Baranzelli, MD; Herve Rubie, MD; Carole Coze, MD; Antonella Pinna; Valerie Meresse, MD; and Ellen Benhamou, MD

Topics: bone marrow transplantation, chemotherapy regimen, filgrastim, hematopoietic stem cells, lymphoma, bone marrow, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):600-607. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00002

Molecular Diagnosis of Thiopurine S-Methyltransferase Deficiency: Genetic Basis for Azathioprine and Mercaptopurine Intolerance

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Charles R. Yates, BS; Eugene Y. Krynetski, PhD; Thrina Loennechen, PhD; Michael Y. Fessing, PhD; Hung-Liang Tai, PhD; Ching-Hon Pui, MD; Mary V. Relling, PharmD; and William E. Evans, PharmD

Topics: polymerase chain reaction, azathioprine, mutation, 6-mercaptopurine, dna, dna, complementary, genotype, molecular diagnostic ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):608-614. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00003

Risk for Clinical Thromboembolism Associated with Conversion to Sinus Rhythm in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Lasting Less Than 48 Hours

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Marilyn J. Weigner, MD; Todd A. Caulfield, MD; Peter G. Danias, MD, PhD; David I. Silverman, MD; and Warren J. Manning, MD

Topics: anticoagulation, atrial fibrillation, electric countershock, thromboembolism

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):615-620. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00005

Brief Communications

Oral Propafenone To Convert Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with and without Underlying Heart Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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Giuseppe Boriani, MD; Mauro Biffi, MD; Alessandro Capucci, MD; Gian Luca Botto, MD; Tiziana Broffoni, MD; Ida Rubino, MD; Stefano Della Casa, MD; Mario Sanguinetti, MD; and Bruno Magnani, MD

Topics: atrial fibrillation, propafenone, electric countershock, heart diseases

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):621-625. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00006

Causes of Death in Homeless Adults in Boston

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Stephen W. Hwang, MD, MPH; E. John Orav, PhD; James J. O'Connell, MD; Joan M. Lebow, MD; and Troyen A. Brennan, MD, JD, MPH

Topics: cause of death, homelessness

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):625-628. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00007

Updates

Atheromatous Disease of the Thoracic Aorta: Pathologic and Clinical Implications

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Itzhak Kronzon, MD; and Paul A. Tunick, MD

Topics: aorta, aortic arch, atheroma, transesophageal echocardiography, cerebrovascular accident, ischemic stroke, embolization, thrombus, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):629-637. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00008

Hypercoagulability in Venous and Arterial Thrombosis

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Duncan P. Thomas, MD; and Harold R. Roberts, MD

Topics: anticoagulants, thrombosis, venous thrombosis, thrombophilia, arterial thrombosis, factor v leiden mutation

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):638-644. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00009

Ideas and Opinions

The Physician's Role in Minimizing Prehospital Delay in Patients at High Risk for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Recommendations from the National Heart Attack Alert Program

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Kathleen Dracup, RN, DNSc; Angelo A. Alonzo, PhD; James M. Atkins, MD; Nancy M. Bennett, MD, MS; Allan Braslow, PhD; Luther T. Clark, MD; Mickey Eisenberg, MD, PhD; Keith Copelin Ferdinand, MD; Robert Frye, MD; Lee Green, MD, MPH; Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN; J. Ward Kennedy, MD; Eva Kline-Rogers, MS, RN; Debra K. Moser, RN, DNSc; Joseph P. Ornato, MD; Bertram Pitt, MD; Jane D. Scott, ScD, MSN; Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH; Sharron J. Silva, PhD; William Thies, PhD; W. Douglas Weaver, MD; Nanette K. Wenger, MD; and Suzanne K. White, RN, MN, CNAA

Topics: myocardial infarction, acute, myocardial infarction, physician's role

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):645-651. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00010

Editorials

Effective Reperfusion for Acute Myocardial Infarction Begins with Effective Health Policy

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Thomas H. Lee, MD

Topics: myocardial infarction, acute, reperfusion therapy, physiologic reperfusion, health policy

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):652-653. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00011

Therapeutic Lessons from Pharmacogenetics

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Elliot S. Vesell, MD, ScD

Topics: 6-mercaptopurine, pharmacogenetics, toxic effect

Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):653-655. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00012

On Being a Patient

The Patient as Physician

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Herbert S. Waxman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):656-657. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00013

Letters

Warfarin-Related Bleeding in the Elderly

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Louis Fiore, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):660. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00015

Warfarin-Related Bleeding in the Elderly

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Stephan D. Fihn, MD, MPH; Mary B. McDonell, MS; and Jorja Henikoff, MS

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):660-661. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00016

Cholesterol Reduction, Heart Disease, and Mortality

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Charles M. Grossman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):661. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00017

Cholesterol Reduction, Heart Disease, and Mortality

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J. Michael Gaziano, MD; Patricia R. Hebert, PhD; and Charles H. Hennekens, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):661. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00018

Delayed Tuberculin Reactivity in Indochinese Persons

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Miguel A. Muniain, MD; Jesus Rodriguez-Bano, MD; and Jose L. Corral, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):661-662. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00019

Delayed Tuberculin Reactivity in Indochinese Persons

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John M. Robertson, MD, MPH; and Catarina Kiefe, PhD, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;126(8):662. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-8-199704150-00020