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Thrombolysis for DVT: Has the Time Arrived?

What does this article tell us? Mark: This is a retrospective study of the safety of catheter-directed thrombolysis for proximal DVTs in 90,618 patients who were hospitalized between 2002 and 2010 (estimated to be about one-fourth of the cohort hospitalized during those years). Of these patients, 3,649 underwent catheter-directed thrombolysis. Those who received thrombolysis were compared with ...

Therapeutic arteriogenesis has arrived.

The report by Seiler et al 1 on a clinical trial using granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to stimulate the growth of coronary collateral vessels is the temporary culminating point of a long history of research that started in the early 1940s with the observation that the pressure measured in the distal stump of an occluded canine coronary (or femoral or carotid) artery ro...

The time for an updated Canadian Food Guide has arrived.

Canada has published food guides since 1942 and the latest version, Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide (EWCFG), was released in 2007. The EWCFG is largely based on meeting nutrient requirements, while we are now in need of a food guide with strong guidance on the role of diet in the prevention of chronic diseases. This article systematically analyses the process and assumptions behind the EWC...

Functional coronary revascularization: an idea whose time has arrived.

The decision to perform coronary revascularization is correctly based on a combination of factors, including the presence and severity of symptoms, objective evidence of ischemia, the volume of myocardium at jeopardy, the presence of viable myocardium with the potential for reversible dysfunction, and demonstration of significant coronary stenoses that are treatable with current techniques. Add...

Modeling and Simulation in Mining - Its Time Has Finally Arrived