NEJM Audio Summary: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 358, No. 21.

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DATE : Wed, 21 May 2008 10:18:14 -0400
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This summary covers the issue of May 22, 2008. Featured are articles on facilitated PCI in ST-elevation myocardial infarction, bivalirudin during PCI in acute myocardial infarction, gene therapy for Leber’s congenital amaurosis, the collective dynamics of smoking in a large social network, and how HIV guts the immune system; a review article on sublingual immunotherapy; a case report of a woman with bone pain; and Perspective articles on direct-to-consumer advertising of drug-eluting stents and on the tragedy of self-immolation in Afghanistan.