A Decade of Progress

Can lesions of ‘en coup de sabre’ progress after being quiescent for a decade?

Traffic accidents in Iran, a decade of progress but still challenges ahead

  Iran has had incremental incidence of traffic accident mortality since introduction of mechanization about a century ago. But the newest data from Iran show decrease in the absolute number of deaths, death per 10,000 vehicles and death per 100, 000 populations. Despite its huge impact on health and economy, research in the field of traffic crashes is still scant and there are still deficienci...

Early repolarization syndrome: a decade of progress.

Stemming back to the days of Einthoven, ECG phenomena of “early ventricular repolarization” were often misinterpreted or dismissed without appropriate clinical consideration or detailed investigation. This ensued because of a prevailing opinion that the nature of these phenomena was largely "benign". Early repolarization changes consistent with Brugada Syndrome (BrS) were interpreted as "innoce...

Familial hypercholesterolemia: a decade of progress.

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EBUS-TBNA: A Decade of Progress

Roberto F Casal1*, Donald R Lazarus2, Georgie A Eapen1 and Kazuhiro Yasufuku3 1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA 2Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA 3Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada *Corr...