In the United States, its a case for the courts when an HIV-infected mother wishes to breast-feed. In most of the nations where HIV proliferates, women are faced with a Sophies choice: Should they breast-feed and risk transmitting HIV to their infant, or should they use substitute nutrition, which may place their infant at greater risk of dying within the first year?
The Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardioversion Trial was a placebo-controlled study comparing sotalol and a quinidine/verapamil combination in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation after cardioversion.
Low-dose aspirin is as effective as warfarin for preventing cerebral thromboembolic events after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement.
The developing world is experiencing an epidemic of CAD which expects to continue to increase in the foreseeable future.
The use of automatic external defibrillators by trained volunteers is safe and effective, particularly in public locations where there is at least a moderate likelihood that an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest will be witnessed.
A calcium score < 100 eliminates the need for myocardial perfusion scans (MPS), but patients with a negative MPS often have coronary calcium. These findings imply a potential role for applying coronary artery calcium screening after MPS among patients manifesting normal MPS.
Issues July, August, and September 2004 were printed as Volume 21. They should read Volume 23.
A new, and as of yet unpublished study, has raised increased concern about the relationship between rofecoxib (Vioxx), Mercks blockbuster COX-2 inhibitor, and cardiovascular events. The study, which was presented at a meeting in Bordeaux France, was financed by the FDA in collaboration with Californias HMO giant Kaiser Permanente.
