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Clinical Articles / BY: David N. Landsberg, MD, May 2010
... After initial research probing societal views on this issue,[ 9 ] the first LAD transplant was perform­ed in 2005.  In this program, indivi­duals who have undergone ... to protect both the re­cipient and the donor. LAD kidneys may be given to a patient at the top of the wait list, or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marc W. Deyell, MD, FRCPC, June 2010
... at US$66 677 in 2002.[ 16 ]  Based on these trials, the 2005 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm ... However, some individuals with better-tolerated VT may be amenable to antiarrhythmic therapy or to ablation ... presented in  Table 1 . ICDs for primary prevention The issue of which patients should receive an ICD for the primary ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... man despite his many accomplishments. He died 23 November 2005 of complications of Alzhei­mer disease at the age of ... by the Framingham algorithms.[ 16 ]  To address this issue, a number of other risk-prediction algorithms have been ... certain ethnic groups, the Framingham risk model may underserve women.  Studies have suggested that the ...