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Angiogenesis is the biologic process of forming new blood vessels and is being investigated as an innovative therapeutic approach to help manage ischemic heart disease and peripheral vascular disease. Research studies have identified various angiogenic growth factors and progenitor cells that can enhance new blood vessel formation. This is Part II of an article that began publication in the July/August issue of Cardiology in Review.

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Angiogenesis is the biologic process of forming new blood vessels and is being investigated as an innovative therapeutic approach to help manage ischemic heart disease and peripheral vascular disease. Research studies have identified various angiogenic growth factors and progenitor cells that can enhance new blood vessel formation. Preclinical investigations in animal models have explored the potential use of growth factors with and without progenitor cells to treat myocardial ischemia.

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Purpose: To describe the occurrence of community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections of the lacrimal system and their treatment.

Methods: This cases series consisted of data obtained from seven clinical cases of acute or subacute MRSA dacryocystitis, with or without concurrent conjunctivitis, occurring in nonhospitalized individuals presenting between December 2001 and July 2003. Clinical presentations, microbial culture results, treatment modalities, and outcomes were retrospectively reviewed.

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The cardiac ryanodine receptor has become a subject of increasing interest as its role in the etiology of cardiac disease is becoming more apparent. In this article, we review the current knowledge of the structure and function of the cardiac ryanodine receptor and its implications in cardiac pathophysiology. Cardiac ryanodine receptors function by regulating calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in cardiomyocytes, thereby playing an integral role in excitation-contraction coupling.

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Background: The extent of communication skills training (CST) in American oncology fellowship programs is unknown.

Methods: A survey was sent to program directors of medical oncology, radiation oncology, gynecologic oncology, and surgical oncology training programs regarding (1) the presence and method(s) of CST in their programs, (2) their attitude about mandatory CST, and (3) their attitude about a mandatory assessment of communication skills competence as a prerequisite for specialty certification.

Results: Only a third of programs contained some form of CST.

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Tetracyclines may be therapeutically beneficial in rheumatoid arthritis.

J Clin Rheumatol

June 1995

Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine/School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Several clinical trials have been conducted in the past 3 years using minocycline as an anti-inflammatory agent for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Depending on one's viewpoint, these trials have or have not shown a mild beneficial effect on conventional RA parameters of inflammation. In the context of currently available anti-inflammatory therapy, the magnitude of the reported effects would not seem to justify additional large scale trials. There is, however, compelling basic science data as well as preliminary clinical data, suggesting that certain tetracyclines may have a valuable role to play in treatment of RA.

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