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VOL 115 / NO 2 / FEBRUARY 2004 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

INTRODUCTION TO THE SYMPOSIUM
Part 1 of a two-part, four-article symposium
Amy C. Bales, MD

NONINVASIVE TESTS FOR CARDIAC RISK STRATIFICATION
Which ones are most prognostic?
A look at the diagnostic as well as prognostic value of tests currently used to evaluate coronary artery disease.
Robert L. Litchfield, DO

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
Selecting specific drug therapies, modifying risk factors
Much can be done--short of surgery--to reduce morbidity and mortality, relieve symptoms, and modify risk factors for development and progression of coronary artery disease.
Amy C. Bales, MD

CLINICAL UPDATES

INITIATING HIV THERAPY
Timing is critical, controversial
A concise synopsis of recent research data and current guidelines on when to initiate antiretroviral therapy, which regimens to choose, and how to monitor response and side effects.
Paul A. Volberding, MD

TUBE FEEDING IN THE ELDERLY
The technique, complications, and outcome
As more elderly patients become candidates for tube feeding, details of technique--as well as the ethical aspects of the decision itself--take on increased importance.
T. S. Dharmarajan, MD, D. Unnikrishnan, MD

FOLDOUT FEATURE

MEDICINE ON THE MOVE (167K PDF file)
PDAs and tablet PCs make the rounds with doctors and nurses.

CONTINUING FEATURES

EDITOR'S NOTE
Open up the wireless world

PATIENT NOTES
Sciatica

READER SERVICES

Staff, Editorial Board

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