Authors’ Reply
We acknowledge that it is possible that the proportion of very late stent thrombosis using 1 minus the Kaplan-Meier curve might have biased our estimate of the number of stent…
Analysis of Very Late In-Stent Thrombosis in the EVASTENT Patients
I read with interest the recent report by Barone-Rochette et al describing the 6-year follow-up of the EVASTENT (Cost-Effectiveness of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents in Patients With and Without Diabetes) matched-cohort registry….
Remembering My Father
Just 3 weeks before his 91st birthday, my father, J. Willis Hurst, died at Emory University Hospital on October 1, 2011. He had spent the last week of his life…
ST-Segment Elevation in Electrocardiogram Lead aVR
In their recently published report, Taglieri et al reported the 1-year prognoses of patients presenting with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes with ST-segment depression in ≥1 electrocardiographic (ECG) leads accompanied…
Nausea and Vomiting in Acute Myocardial Infarction
In their recent study, Fuller et al investigated the incidence of nausea and vomiting in 180 patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctions (STEMIs) or acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) associated…
J. Willis Hurst, MD, Master Teacher, Olympian Human Being
To quote Captain Willard (played by Martin Sheen) in the movie Apocalypse Now , “There is no way to tell you his story without telling you my own.” Of course,…
A Wise and Wonderful Mentor
I was fortunate as a junior medical student in 1957 to spend a 3-week rotation on Willis Hurst’s medical service at Emory University Hospital. It was during that period that…
A Pulmonary Hypertension Gas Exchange Severity (PH-GXS) Score to Assist With the Assessment and Monitoring of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Submaximal exercise gas analysis may be a useful method to assess and track pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) severity. The aim of the present study was to develop an algorithm, using…
Comparison of Pro-Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Atrial Remodeling in Marathon Versus Non-Marathon Runners
Long-term endurance sports are associated with atrial remodeling and an increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter. Pro–atrial natriuretic peptide (pro-ANP) is a marker of atrial wall tension…
On Being Dr. J. Willis Hurst’s Chief Resident in Medicine
For the 1964–1965 academic year, I had the good fortune to be Dr. J. Willis Hurst’s eighth chief resident in medicine at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital. Willis was bigger than…
