Back 2 Basics Balancing Act Business of Medicine Buzz Words Career Management Commentary Cultural Competence First Word Here & There How To? Match Money Matters On the Wards Penetrating Information Rashional Explanation Residency Ideas Residency Tips Rhythm & Blues Scramble Secrets Stepping Up Take this Under Advisory Technology Test Anxiety The Eyes Have It Thinking About Travel & Leisure USMLE Wee Beasties Women in Medicine Worldly Medicine Reader ID:   First Time Reader? Click here and become a reader. When was your last Doctors visit? Last 6 months 1 year 2 years 3 years More than 4 years See results Click here to check Sudoku's result of this issue.       Winter - 2008   Diagnosing Heart Disease Michael A. Chizner, MD FACP, FACC, FAHA "High-tech" investigative methods have become so incorporated into the practice of medicine that many physicians can now make difficult cardiovascular diagnoses with great precision. Regrettably, the basic clinical evaluation skills upon which previous generations were more reliant, and at which they were therefore much more adept, have been de-emphasized to such a degree that large numbers of medical students and physicians in training today are no longer learning or applying the essentials of the cardiac clinical examination, and as a consequence are becoming overly depende...  View this Article »   All Articles of this Magazine   Senior Sex | Paul O'Leary, MD When was the last time you asked your patient about his or her sex life? As a medical student or a new physician this topic is often shied away from. However, as physicia... View this article » In the News, Joke of the Month, Letter to the Editor In the News, Joke of the Month and Letter to the Editor... View this article » Preparing for Cardiology on the USMLE Step 1 | Sonul Mehta, MD and Sonia Mehta,, MD The cardiovascular system is one often systems tested on the USMLE Step 1 and is a highly emphasized system overall. In preparing for the cardiovascular system on the USM... View this article » Angina | M.O. Hussaini "The only difference between a frank myocardial infarction and unstable angina is that the thrombus dissolves in unstable angina." The human heart is one of th... View this article » Heartthrob | Brent Reinheimer, MD The following buzz words can be seen in any disorder where there is a bounding pulse, most notably severe aortic regurgitation, but also patent ductus arteriosi and large... View this article » prev |    1  2  3  4  5  6  7   | next
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