Index by author
April 01, 2006; Volume 73,Issue 4
Carey, William D.
- You have accessAssessing the risk of surgery in patients with liver diseaseAmitabh Suman, MD and William D. Carey, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2006, 73 (4) 398-404;
All liver disease is not the same, and neither is all surgery, but recent studies have defined objective criteria for determining when surgery is safe for patients with liver disease.
Casserly, Ivan P.
- You have accessThe optimal revascularization strategy for multivessel coronary artery disease: The debate continuesIvan P. Casserly, MB, BChCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2006, 73 (4) 317-328;
In contrast to previous studies, a study from a large New York registry found that mortality rates were lower among patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) than among similar patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). What are we to believe?