NewsThe Medical Roundtable: Type II Pulmonary Hypertension in the Setting of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection FractionAuthor:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: August 7, 2014 Read More
ArticleNeurohormonal control of heart failureAuthor:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: August 1, 2011Read More
ArticleIn reply: Acute myocardial infarctionAuthor:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: June 1, 2009Read More
ArticleA new, precise definition of acute myocardial infarctionAuthor:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: March 1, 2009The updated definition includes subtypes of acute MI, imaging studies supporting the diagnosis, and biomarker thresholds after percutaneous coronar...Read More
ArticleTesting for B-type natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis and assessment of heart failure: What are the nuances?Author:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: June 1, 2004Read More
ArticleIn heart failure, all beta-blockers are not necessarily equalAuthor:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: December 1, 2003Although survival was better with carvedilol than with immediate-release metoprolol tartrate, we must increase the use of any approved beta-blocker...Read More
ArticleA 34-year-old man with facial droop and dysarthriaAuthor:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: July 1, 2003A previously well man develops flulike symptoms and focal neurologic deficits. What is the cause?Read More
ArticleWhat are ‘tissue ACE inhibitors,’ and should they be used instead of other ACE inhibitors?Author:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: March 1, 2001Improvement in surrogate end points may not necessarily translate into improvement in "hard" clinical end points.Read More
ArticleFibrinolytic therapy in the elderly: Making sense of troubling new findingsAuthor:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: August 1, 2000Do patients older than 75 years with acute MI benefit from fibrinolytic therapy? For now, we have to live with uncertainty.Read More
ArticleAdjunctive medical therapy for acute coronary syndromesAuthor:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: March 1, 2000Aspirin, nitrates, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, statins, and intra-aortic balloon pumps all have important roles.Read More
ArticleDrug therapy, medical management, and interventional strategiesAuthor:Gary S. Francis, MDPublish date: October 1, 1999In this issue, we begin a series designed to guide the clinician through the bewildering array of treatment options.Read More
