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ARTICLE: Right Ventricular Myofilament Functional Differences in Humans with Systemic Sclerosis-associated versus Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension AUTHORS: Steven Hsu, Kristen M. Kokkonen-Simon, Jonathan A. Kirk, Todd M. Kolb, Rachel… Read More »Right Ventricular Myofilament Functional Differences in Humans with Systemic Sclerosis-associated versus Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

ARTICLE: Challenges in Pulmonary Hypertension: Controversies in Treating the Tip of the Iceberg AUTHORS: Jason M Elinoff, Richa Agarwal, Christopher F Barnett, Raymond L Benza, Michael J Cuttica, Ahmed M. Gharib, Michael P Gray, Paul M Hassoun, Anna R Hemnes, Marc Humbert, Todd… Read More »Challenges in Pulmonary Hypertension: Controversies in Treating the Tip of the Iceberg

ARTICLE: Association between Household Air Pollution Exposure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes in 13 Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings AUTHORS: Trishul Siddharthan, Matthew R. Grigsby, Dina… Read More »Association between Household Air Pollution Exposure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes in 13 Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings

The educational outcomes from the iCOMPARE trial were published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine. iCOMPARE tested flexibility in duty hour policies… Read More »Education Outcomes in a Duty-Hour Flexibility Trial in Internal Medicine

ARTICLE: Long-acting injectable atovaquone nanomedicines for malaria prophylaxis AUTHORS: Rahul P. Bakshi, Lee M. Tatham, Alison C. Savage, Abhai K. Tripathi, Godfree Mlambo, Matthew M. Ippolito, Elizabeth Nenortas, Steve P. Rannard, Andrew Owen and Theresa A. Shapiro JOURNAL: Nat… Read More »Long-acting injectable atovaquone nanomedicines for malaria prophylaxis

ARTICLE: Patient Age–Associated Mortality Risk Is Differentiated by BRAF V600E Status in Papillary Thyroid Cancer AUTHORS: Xiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, David Viola, Rossella Elisei, Efisio Puxeddu, Laura Fugazzola, Carla Colombo, Barbara Jarzab, Agnieszka Czarniecka, Alfred… Read More »Patient Age–Associated Mortality Risk Is Differentiated by BRAF V600E Status in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

ARTICLE: Single-board hematology fellowship track: a 10-year institutional experience AUTHORS: Rakhi P. Naik, Kristen Marrone, Samuel Merrill, Ross Donehower and Robert Brodsky JOURNAL: Blood. 2018 Jan 25;131(4):462-464. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-11-816207. Epub 2017 Dec 11. TO THE EDITOR: In the United States, internal medicine… Read More »Single-board hematology fellowship track: a 10-year institutional experience

ARTICLE: An Implementation Guide to Reducing Overtreatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria AUTHORS: Michael Daniel, Sara Keller, Mohammad Mozafarihashjin, Amit Pahwa, Christine Soong JOURNAL: JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Feb 1;178(2):271-276. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7290. Abstract Treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) frequently lacks… Read More »An Implementation Guide to Reducing Overtreatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

ARTICLE: Impact of Novel LDL-C Assessment on the Utility of Secondary Non-HDL-C and ApoB Targets in Selected Worldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines AUTHORS: Vasanth Sathiyakumar, Jihwan Park, Renato Quispe, Mohamed… Read More »Impact of Novel LDL-C Assessment on the Utility of Secondary Non-HDL-C and ApoB Targets in Selected Worldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines

ARTICLE: Eliminating Creatine Kinase-Myocardial Band Testing in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Value-Based Quality Improvement AUTHORS: Matthew D. Alvin, Allan S. Jaffe, Roy C. Ziegelstein, Jeffrey C. Trost JOURNAL: JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Oct 1;177(10):1508-1512. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.3597. Abstract Cardiac biomarker testing is estimated to… Read More »Eliminating Creatine Kinase-Myocardial Band Testing in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Value-Based Quality Improvement