Reports from the Laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh.

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The medical profession : being the essay to which was awarded the first Carmichael prize of £200 by the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, 1879 /

Includes index.

Catalogue of the library of the Royal college of surgeons in London.

Appended to v.2, with special t.-p.: Synopsis of the arrangement followed in the classed catalogue of books belonging to the Royal college of surgeons in London. London, 1838. (4 p. ℓ., 36 p.)

[College of Engineering (University of Michigan) publications].

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Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

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A clinical and echocardiographic score for assigning risk of major events after dobutamine echocardiograms

OBJECTIVES We sought to develop and validate a risk score combining both clinical and dobutamine echocardiographic (DbE) features in 4,890 patients who underwent DbE at three expert laboratories and were followed for death or myocardial infarction for up to five years. BACKGROUND In contrast to exercise scores, no score exists to combine clinical, stress, and echocardiographic findings with DbE. METHODS Dobutamine echocardiography was performed for evaluation of known or suspected coronary artery disease in 3,156 patients at two sites in the U.S. After exclusion of patients with incomplete follow-up, 1,456 DbEs were randomly selected to develop a multivariate model for prediction of events. After simplification of each model for clinical use, the models were internally validated in the remaining DbE patients in the same series and externally validated in 1,733 patients in an independent series. RESULTS The following score was derived from regression models in the modeling group (160 events): DbE risk = (age (.) 0.02) + (heart failure + rate-pressure product <15,000) (.) 0.4 + (ischemia + scar) (.) 0.6. The presence of each variable was scored as 1 and its absence scored as 0, except for age (continuous variable). Using cutoff values of 1.2 and 2.6, patients were classified into groups with five-year event-free survivals >95%, 75% to 95%, and <75%. Application of the score in the internal validation group (265 events) gave equivalent results, as did its application in the external validation group (494 events, C index = 0.72). CONCLUSIONS A risk score based on clinical and echocardiographic data may be used to quantify the risk of events in patients undergoing DbE. (C) 2004 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.

Florida International University Magazine Fall 2004: The Future of Medicine in South Florida

Copy of Florida International University Magazine published Fall 2004 with a feature article on the Honor College's Medical Education Program at Florida International University and its impact on the development of a school of medicine in South Florida.

The Future of Medicine in South Florida

Fall 2004 copy of FLorida International University Magazine. Feature article on the Honors College's Medical Education Program and the future of medicine in South Florida.