Table of Contents

Effect of Pravastatin on Cardiovascular Events in Older Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Cholesterol Levels in the Average Range: Results of the Cholesterol and Recurrent Events (CARE) Trial

• Sandra J. Lewis,
• Lemuel A. Moye,
• Frank M. Sacks,
• David E. Johnstone,
• Gerald Timmis,
• Jayne Mitchell,
• Marian Limacher,
• Sherron Kell,
• Stephen P. Glasser,
• Jane Grant,
• Barry R. Davis,
• Marc A. Pfeffer,
• and Eugene Braunwald

Bundle-Branch Block and In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction

• Alan S. Go,
• Hal V. Barron,
• Amy Chen Rundle,
• Joseph P. Ornato,
• and Andrew L. Avins

Incidence and Clinical Implications of Isolation of Mycobacterium kansasii: Results of a 5-Year, Population-Based Study

• Karen C. Bloch,
• Lisa Zwerling,
• Mark J. Pletcher,
• Judith A. Hahn,
• Julie L. Gerberding,
• Stephen M. Ostroff,
• Duc J. Vugia,
• and Arthur L. Reingold

A Clinical Prediction Rule for Renal Artery Stenosis

• Pieta Krijnen,
• Brigit C. van Jaarsveld,
• Ewout W. Steyerberg,
• Arie J. Man in 't Veld,
• Maarten A.D.H. Schalekamp,
• and J. Dik F. Habbema

Disappearance of Hyperplastic Polyps in the Stomach after Eradication of Helicobacter pylori : A Randomized, Controlled Trial

• Toshifumi Ohkusa,
• Ichizen Takashimizu,
• Kazuhiko Fujiki,
• Shinji Suzuki,
• Kengo Shimoi,
• Takao Horiuchi,
• Toshiaki Sakurazawa,
• Koichiro Ariake,
• Kenichi Ishii,
• Jiro Kumagai,
• and Toru Tanizawa

Thiopurine Methyltransferase Genotype Predicts Therapy-Limiting Severe Toxicity from Azathioprine

• Alison J. Black,
• Howard L. McLeod,
• Hillary A. Capell,
• Robert H. Powrie,
• Lloyd K. Matowe,
• Stuart C. Pritchard,
• Elaina S.R. Collie-Duguid,
• and David M. Reid

Update in Endocrinology

• Janet A. Schlechte and
• Robert Kreisberg

On White Coats and Professional Development: The Formal and the Hidden Curricula

• Delese Wear

Poverty and Ill Health: Physicians Can, and Should, Make a Difference

• Michael McCally,
• Andrew Haines,
• Oliver Fein,
• Whitney Addington,
• Robert S. Lawrence,
• and Christine K. Cassel

Screening for Renal Artery Stenosis: Are Scans More Accurate Than Clinical Criteria?

• Christopher S. Wilcox

Deconstructing the White Coat

• William T. Branch Jr.

The Magic White Coat

• Richard G. Druss

Blue

• Sheri Keitz

Epidemiology of Oral Contraceptives and Cardiovascular Disease

• Jan P. Vandenbroucke,
• Frans M. Helmerhorst,
• and Frits R. Rosendaal

Epidemiology of Oral Contraceptives and Cardiovascular Disease

• Lisa Chasan-Taber and
• Meir J. Stampfer

Transesophageal Echocardiography in High-Risk Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

• Paul A. Tunick and
• Itzhak Kronzon

Transesophageal Echocardiography in High-Risk Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

• Kwan-Leung Chan and
• Jonathan L. Halperin

Transesophageal Echocardiography: Useful Tool or Expensive Toy?

• Clive Kearon

Transesophageal Echocardiography: Useful Tool or Expensive Toy?

• Claudia Stollberger and
• Josef Finsterer

Transesophageal Echocardiography: Useful Tool or Expensive Toy?

• Warren J. Manning and
• Pamela S. Douglas

Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

• Akira Matsumori,
• Naohiro Ohashi,
• and Shigetake Sasayama

Gemfibrozil To Prevent Myocardial Infarction

• Christopher M. Rembold

Acute Occlusion of the Thoracic Aorta by Calcified Atherosclerosis

• Afksendiyos Kalangos

Firearm Injury Prevention

• Robert Starkenburg

Firearm Injury Prevention

• Jack Ginsburg

Overdiagnosis of Lyme Disease

• Hugh Ferguson

Overdiagnosis of Lyme Disease

• Clare L. Cherney

Overdiagnosis of Lyme Disease

• Robert T. Schoen and
• M. Carrington Reid

Calculating the Anion Gap for Patients with Acidosis and Hyperglycemia

• Yaron Tomer

Understanding Medical Systems

• John C. Peirce

Measurement and Data Collection in Medical Practice

• Mark J. Ault

Measurement and Data Collection in Medical Practice

• Keshav Chander

Measurement and Data Collection in Medical Practice

• Stephen K. Plume,
• Mark E. Splaine,
• and Eugene C. Nelson

The Coding Audit

• Kwan Kew Lai

The Coding Audit

• John E. Pippen Jr.

The Coding Audit

• Joan Sumkin

Correction: Losartan, Pancreatitis, and Microlithiasis

• Xavier Bosch

Correction: Review of Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care

Correction: Error in Table

Men with No Spleens and Carved-Out Feet: What Is the Meaning in the Words?

• Matityahu Oren,
• Joseph Herman,
• and Jacob Elbaum

The Genetic Basis of Human Cancer

• Charles M. Rubin

Sleep Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment

• Albert Liebman

Systematic Reviews: Synthesis of Best Evidence for Health Care Decisions

• David A. Horowitz

Pharmacoepidemiology: An Introduction

• Samuel Shapiro

Memoirs of a Fortune Teller

• Marian de Zeeuw

Medical Notices