Cardiology

  • Preventing cardiovascular disease in older adults: One size does not fit all
    Ariela R. Orkaby, MD, MPH, Oyere Onuma, MD, MSc, Saadia Qazi, DO, MPH, J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH and Jane A. Driver, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 55-64; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16119

    The balance of risk and benefit may differ considerably for 2 patients of the same age if one is fi t and the other is frail.

  • Frailty and cardiovascular disease: A two-way street?
    Emer Joyce, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 65-68; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17075

    Frailty may be both a cause and a consequence of cardiovascular disease.

  • Detecting and managing device leads inadvertently placed in the left ventricle
    Detecting and managing device leads inadvertently placed in the left ventricle
    Richard G. Trohman, MD, MBA and Parikshit S. Sharma, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 69-75; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17012

    How it happens, how to prevent it, how to detect and correct it immediately, and how to manage cases discovered long after.

  • Toward understanding chronic kidney disease in African Americans
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 824-825; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.11017

    African Americans respond differently to some treatments than the white male patients who participated in the clinical trials.

  • Can effective obesity counseling fit into the 20-minute appointment?
    John A. Zambrano, MD, MHS and Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 835-837; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16034

    Information from a previsit questionnaire lays the foundation for effective and reimbursable counseling and interventions.

  • Obesity counseling: Beyond ‘eat less, move more’
    W. Scott Butsch, MD, MSc, FTOS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 838-839; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17099

    Not all cancers are treated the same, and not all patients with diabetes are treated the same. The same should go for patients with obesity.

  • 2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered
    Ryan Munyon, MD, Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM, Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM, Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP and Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 863-872; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17068

    Topics: cardiac risk assessment, surgery after percutaneous intervention, statins, sleep apnea, bridging anticoagulation, and frailty.

  • Osborn waves of hypothermia
    Paurush Ambesh, MD, Gerald Hollander, MD and Jacob Shani, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2017, 84 (10) 746-747; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16134

    The differential diagnosis includes Brugada syndrome, hypercalcemia, and early repolarization syndrome.

  • Diabetes medications and cardiovascular outcome trials: Lessons learned
    Kershaw V. Patel, MD, Natalia De Albuquerque Rocha, MD and Darren K. McGuire, MD, MHSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2017, 84 (10) 759-767; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17006

    Drugs of several classes have demonstrated cardiovascular safety; empaglifl ozin carries a cardiovascular indication.

  • Navigating the anticoagulant landscape in 2017
    James D. Douketis, MD, FRCP(C), FACP, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2017, 84 (10) 768-778; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17005

    What is the best strategy in acute venous thromboembolism? How should anticoagulation be managed before surgery?

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