[HSF] FW: How would you treat this patient with CAD? Cast your vote with NEJM.

[Faisal H. Cheema, M.D.]

Dear Forum Members:

In yesterday's NEJM issue, they have come up with a very interesting case
with three potential solutions and is letting the readers cast their votes.
Please click on the links below to read the case, treatment options and to
cast your vote. It will be interesting to see the results in near future.

Best regards,
Faisal

 

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Subject: How would you treat this patient with CAD? Cast your vote.

 


 
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Dear Colleague,

In the October 25th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, we
published a new interactive Clinical
<http://click2.nejm.org/cts/click?q=137%3B66792468%3BLe74He1rQ0vER2riPfQhdFG
IN%2F7VBX%2FObLO2sYiMaiU%3D>  Decisions article featuring a case of
particular interest to cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. I invite you to
participate.

Clinical
<http://click2.nejm.org/cts/click?q=137%3B66792468%3BLe74He1rQ0vER2riPfQhdND
rQBKE2GJGbLO2sYiMaiU%3D>  Decisions is an interactive feature that helps
clinicians evaluate treatment options by exchanging ideas online with
colleagues, just as you do in your practice.

The article presents a case dealing with the Management
<http://click2.nejm.org/cts/click?q=137%3B66792468%3BLe74He1rQ0vER2riPfQhdBj
gHXdFqavKbLO2sYiMaiU%3D>  of Stable Coronary Disease. Along with a brief
case vignette, three clinically acceptable treatment options are presented,
each supported in a short commentary by a noted cardiologist. You're invited
to participate in the discourse by voting on the treatment option you
believe is best, and, if you wish, voting and submitting your own comments
in support of your choice. Cast
<http://click2.nejm.org/cts/click?q=137%3B66792468%3BLe74He1rQ0vER2riPfQhdFm
iTsaHQvYZbLO2sYiMaiU%3D>  your vote now.

Votes will be tallied and final results, along with a representative sample
of comments, will be posted at NEJM Online. To encourage participation,
access to Clinical Decisions is free
<http://click2.nejm.org/cts/click?q=137%3B66792468%3BLe74He1rQ0vER2riPfQhdOQ
7K%2BTNaW8%2BbLO2sYiMaiU%3D>  to anyone visiting the site.

Consultation with colleagues has always been an important component of
patient treatment and physician culture, and we at the Journal support the
collaborative nature of clinical care. We hope that Clinical Decisions will
help you exchange
<http://click2.nejm.org/cts/click?q=137%3B66792468%3BLe74He1rQ0vER2riPfQhdBo
g6FZgVBTxbLO2sYiMaiU%3D>  ideas with other physicians, learn from colleagues
and evaluate alternative treatment options - all in the service of improved
patient outcomes.

I look forward to your participation
<http://click2.nejm.org/cts/click?q=137%3B66792468%3BLe74He1rQ0vER2riPfQhdBZ
grk59F78xbLO2sYiMaiU%3D> .

Sincerely,
 
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Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD
Editor-in-Chief 

P.S. This is the second Clinical Decisions case published by the Journal.
More than 6,000 of your colleagues, located throughout the world, voted on
the first case, Treatment of Mild Persistent Asthma, which appeared in the
May 17th, 2007 issue of the Journal. View
<http://click2.nejm.org/cts/click?q=137%3B66792468%3BLe74He1rQ0vER2riPfQhdD2
G9GbxWrwfbLO2sYiMaiU%3D>  the results of this voting now.
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