Colleagues in Care Newsletter
Colleagues in Care Newsletter is a quarterly publication for physicians that highlights trends in the practice of medicine at the University of Michigan.
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Issue 1/ Fall 2007
In this issue:
Cover Article:
New Heart Devices Offer Hope
Temporary total artificial heart and HeartMate II provide new options for advanced heart failure
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Partners in Medicine.
Tractography - New MRI Technique Helps Guide Brain Surgery.
3-D MRI imaging of brain’s white matter reduces surgical risk for patients with epilepsy, cancer and more.
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Smart Medicine
Pill-Splitting: An Option For Patients On Statins
A cost-saving step that could be used by millions of Americans.
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Advances in Medicine
New Way To Predict Mortality From Aortic Dissection?
Partial clotting in false associated with much greater risk.
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Colleagues Corner:
Suresh Mukherji, M.D
Professor of Radiology and Division Director of Neuroradiology and Head & Neck Radiology
Oren Sagher, M.D
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery,
Director of Neuromodulation Program and Director of Center for Image-Guided Surgery & Robotics
Clinical Care Update:
Merkel Cell Carcinoma Program
Web Resources:
Consult Request Guidelines - Suggested pre-referral work-up or course of therapy, which includes Web site links to patient education materials and information on U-M specialists.
Clinical Trials Database - Engage is your gateway to clinical research throughout the University of Michigan - one of the largest research universities in the world.
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