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Editor
OP Kapoor

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Guest Editor
Rajesh Rajani

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Editorial Section

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SPECIAL ISSUES ON CORONARY INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

1. Left Main Disease - Surgery or Angioplasty?
   Thomas Alexander.
2. Interventions in Acute Coronary Syndrome - Is it Serving its Purpose.
   Rajesh Rajani.
3. Laser Percutaneous Myocardial Revascularisation : A Treatment in Genesis.
   Robert J Whitbourn.
4. Local Drug Delivery -is it an Answer for Restenosis?
   Rajesh Rajani.
5. Are Stents Being Over Used?
   Pradeep K Shetty.
6. To Do It Or Not Do?
   Shekhar Ambardekar.
7. Newer Antiplatelet Agents in Coronary Intervention.
   Ajit S Mullasari.
8. Therapeutic Angiogenesis : A Strategy for Myocardial Ischaemia.
   Robert J Whitbourn.
9. Vascular Brachytherapy - Hype or Hope.
   Thomas Alexander.

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ORIGINAL/RESEARCH

1. Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis.
   Lina Deodhar, Priya Miskeen, Sweta Chomal.
2. Effect of Exercise on Pulmonary Function in Elderly.
   P P Mehrotra, S V Joshi, AH Shah, H L Dhar.
3. A Prospective Comparison of Nifedipine and Isoxsuprine for Tocolysis.
   Kedar M Ganla, Safla A Shroff, Shyam Desai, Amar G Bhinde.
4. Effect of Nifedipine and Verapamil on Urinary Ph, Volume and Electrolytes in Rats.
   H L Dhar, K Farzan.
5. Degenerative Tear of Tendo Achilles treatment by Primary Lengthening and Resuturing.
   Hetal A Chiniwala, Ragjuprasad Verma, Sushil K Sabnis.
6. Methotrexate - A New Alternative in Selected High Risk Cases for Operative Abortion.
   Sanjay Rao, V A Hishikar.
7. Operative Intervention for Delivery of the Dead Foetus.
   Purnima Satoskar, Vinita Salvi.
8. Estimation of Hydrogen Peroxide Levels in the Blood and Urine of Normal Infants and Infants with Sepsis.
   A V Pherwani, V C Puri, V Malhotra .
   

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REVIEWS

1. Typhoid Fever in Children in the Past and Present Multi-Drug Resistant Type with Special Reference to Neurological Complications.
   PM Udani, Vimla Purohit, Paresh Desai.
2. Dhaat - Male Leucorrhoea.
   Navin Mody.

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GENERAL PRACTITIONERS’ SECTION

1. Liver Diseases in General Practice.
   OP Kapoor.
2. Understanding Orthopaedics Impingement Syndrome.
   Nilen Shah.
3. Treatment of Hiccups.
   O P Kapoor.
4. Intravenous Glucose Infusions Given by General Practioners to Patients of Common Fevers.
   O P Kapoor.
5. Accelerated Migraine
   O P Kapoor.
6. Is There any Indication of Administering Injections in Private Practice
   O P Kapoor.

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COST EFFECTIVENESS/YIELD/MEDICAL ECONOMICS

1. Near Free Treatment To Prevent Urethritis Syndrome in Females.
   O P Kapoor.
2. Health Check Up? Do You Know Your Bone Mineral Density?
   O P Kapoor.
3. Health Check Up Done? Have You Hepatitis Virus B or C in Blood?
   O P Kapoor.

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SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS /OBSOLETE, EVERGREEN AND NEW

1. Complaint of Expectoration Without Cough.
   OP Kapoor.
2. Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms of "Cramps" and "Claudication".
   OP Kapoor.

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DISEASE PATTERN IN INDIA

1. Profile of Sindhi Patients in my Private Practice - My Experience of Forty Years.
   O P Kapoor.
2. Why Should Ablendazole Not Be Given to Every Indian Patient?
   O P Kapoor.

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DISEASE PATTERN IN ARABS

1. Common Veneral and Skin Diseases
   OP Kapoor
   

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CASE REPORTS

1. Primary Thyroid Tuberculosis
   Dharmesh Balsarkar, MA Joshi, Jayesh Dhareshwar, R R Satoskar,
   Ninaad Awsare, Rajesh Mahey, Vijay Kumar .
2. D1 Kochs - The Hidden Zone
   Ardeshir Bonshah, Mayuresh Warke, Atul Malik, Aseem Parekh.
3. Schwannoma of the Nose
   Nishit J Shah, Priti P Jain, Sunil Budhlani.
   
4. Caroli's Disease
   Radha Verma, Roy Patankar, Nilay Chakravarty, Vinayak V Dewoolkar
   
5. Leiomyoma as a Cause for Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed
   Shilpa A Rao, Prakash P Shilotri,Avinash Katara.
   
6. Iodinated Contrast in Gall Bladder following Oral Ingestion of Contrast Media : CT Demonstration of Duodeno - Biliary Reflux
   Srinivasa Prasad, Tufail Patankar
   
7. Bochdalek Hernia of Diaphragm in an Adult
   Ratna S Parikh, V Upasane, R M Joshi, SK Mathur, J M Joshi
   
8. Mucosa Associated Lymphoid Tumor (Malt) of the Ileum
   Shilpa A Rao, Prakash P Shilotri, Pinky Thapar.
9. Uteroperitonial Fistula Secondry to Puerperal Sepsis Following Home Delivery
   Abhang Prabhu, Alka Gupta, Shashank Parulekar.
   
10. Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation - A Rare Cause of Uterine Haemorrhage
    Abhang Prabhu, Alka Gupta, Shashank Parulekar.
    
11. Spinal Osteochondroma Causing Cord Compression - A Rare Cause of Paraparesis
    Pradeep B Bhosale, Vidyanand A Raut, Naushad Hussain
    

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