The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 9 , Pages 805-807 , September 2010

A Breath-Taking Change

  • Sridhar Venkatachalam, MD, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Curtis Rimmerman, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Curtis Rimmerman, MD, MBA, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mail Code J2-4, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

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 Julia H. Indik, MD, PhD, Section Editor

 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: Drs Venkatachalam and Rimmerman declare no conflict of interest.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and a role in writing the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(10)00299-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.04.009

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 9 , Pages 805-807 , September 2010

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