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June 01, 2019; Volume 65,Issue 6

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This month's cover image, entitled Conduction, was created by Andrew Roberts, a third-year medical student in the University of British Columbia's Island Medical Program. Copper played a pivotal role in communication when the telegraph was introduced in the 1830s, and to this day copper allows humans to connect over distances never thought possible. Similarly, the heart maintains communication between the atria and ventricles by conducting a tiny electrical signal that will fire more than 3 billion times in one's life. To capture this idea, Roberts used recycled copper wires to form the vessels and carved the heart from maple. Despite the heart's miracle of conduction, things can go wrong, requiring treatment of conditions such as atrial fibrillation. Anticoagulant medication is commonly prescribed in primary care, and this issue includes research on the quality of warfarin management in the primary care setting (page 416).

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Andrew Roberts, Victoria, BC

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L'image de la page couverture du mois, intitulée Conduction, est l'œuvre d'Andrew Roberts, étudiant en troisième année de médecine au Programme de médecine de l'île de Vancouver de l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique. Le cuivre a joué un rôle essentiel dans les communications lors de l'instauration de la télégraphie durant les années 1830 et, jusqu'à ce jour, le cuivre permet aux êtres humains de rester connectés à des distances jamais imaginées possibles. Dans la même veine, le coeur maintient la communication entre les oreillettes et les ventricules par la conduction d'un petit signal électrique qui fera une étincelle plus de 3 milliards de fois dans la vie d'une personne. Pour représenter ce concept, M. Roberts a utilisé des fils de cuivre recyclés pour former les vaisseaux, et a sculpté un cœur dans du bois d'érable. Malgré le miracle de la conduction cardiaque, un court-circuit peut se produire et exiger le traitement de problèmes comme la fibrillation auriculaire. Des anticoagulants sont communément prescrits en soins primaires, et le présent numéro comporte un article de recherche sur la qualité de la prise en charge par warfarine dans les milieux de soins primaires (page 417).

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Andrew Roberts, Victoria, BC

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Canadian Family Physician: 65 (6)
Canadian Family Physician
Vol. 65, Issue 6
1 Jun 2019
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