CardioExchange Archive

CardioExchange, an NEJM practice community for medical professionals dedicated to improving cardiac patient care, was active from 2009 to 2015. CardioExchange fostered discussion between clinicians from across the globe.

Articles matching the ‘General’ Category

October 30th, 2009

Being “Safe” Still Isn’t Cool

If we are to detect harms early and protect the public’s health while ensuring the availability of effective new therapies, systematic reporting of safety outcomes from all clinical trials must be available. In the current Archives of Internal Medicine, Isabelle Pitrou and colleagues (FREE) review the reporting of safety data in randomized, controlled trials published during […]

Categories: General, Prevention

October 30th, 2009

The Obese Passenger: Confronting the Obesity Epidemic Personally and Professionally

I am a creature of routine and order, and therefore don’t do very well with Southwest Airlines’ lack of seat assignment. Not so long ago, during a business trip to San Antonio, I was looking at my group C boarding pass and wondering if there would be any room for my carry-on luggage, or if […]

Categories: General, Prevention

October 30th, 2009

Is the Framingham Risk Score Over the Hill?

The Framingham study has revolutionized our understanding of cardiovascular disease, but I wonder: is the 60-year-old study’s risk score getting a little long in the tooth? Faced with the epidemic of heart disease and growing numbers of younger people worried about heart disease risk, I find that Framingham provides me little guidance. As I see […]

Categories: General, Prevention

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