NEJM AUDIO SUMMARY

Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 358, No. 17.

This summary covers the issue of April 24, 2008. Featured are articles on stents versus coronary-artery bypass grafting for left main coronary artery disease, home AEDs for sudden cardiac arrest, pyruvate kinase deficiency and malaria, mutations in the iodotyrosine deiodinase gene and hypothyroidism, ezetimibe use in the United States and Canada, and mast cells and pancreatic cancer; a review article on artesunate for severe falciparum malaria; a case report of a man with rheumatoid arthritis and lymphadenopathy; and Perspective articles on trying times at the FDA regarding the safety of imported pharmaceuticals, on playing “Kick the FDA”, and on eliminating blinding trachoma.

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