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T he year 2007 brought further understanding of the risk for subgroups of patients undergoing carotid artery stenting (CAS). For symptomatic patients, both increasing age and treatment within 2 weeks of neurological symptoms were associated with increased risk of perioperative stroke or death. 1 Unfavorable anatomic factors for CAS among octo-genarians included aortic arch elongation, calcifica...

In this Research Retrospective, we review the results of several important studies of teacher quality released in 2007, highlighting 10 major findings that were pervasive among these studies. 1 Together, these findings can help to inform the considerations that policymakers must attend to as they seek to shape approaches that improve teaching and learning in our country's schools. The imperativ...

Cynics may consider that review of emergent stroke therapies in 2007 is likely to make for quick reading—it is certainly true that many high profile trials reported unexpected neutral outcomes. However, although these disappointments made for headline medical news, there were still a number of encouraging results of novel acute therapies. The first “casualty” of the year was neuroprotection. Th...

Stroke Policy and Related Evidence The Role of Evidence in Stroke Policy Investments Different types of evidence are required at each stage in the development and implementation of large scale stroke strategies. The role of evidence was examined in the development of the Ontario Stroke System (a $30 million per year health policy initiative to improve stroke care in Ontario, Canada). Researcher...

To the Editor: Recent reports have raised concerns about transmission of pertussis among troops stationed in Afghanistan and indicated lack of data about pertussis in this country (1,2). To fi ll the knowledge gap about pertussis in Afghanistan, we analyzed data collected by the new Disease Early Warning System (DEWS) during Afghan Year 1386, which corresponds to March 21, 2007–March 20, 2008 (...

Epidemiology of diphtheria in the southwestern Indian Ocean is poorly documented. We analyzed 14 cases of infection with toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae reported during 2007-2015 in Mayotte, a French department located in this region. Local control of diphtheria is needed to minimize the risk for importation of the bacterium into disease-free areas.