Cardiology

  • Management of coronary chronic total occlusion
    Jaikirshan Khatri, MD, Mouin Abdallah, MD and Stephen Ellis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 27-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.03
  • Cardiogenic shock: From ECMO to Impella and beyond
    Cardiogenic shock: From ECMO to Impella and beyond
    Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD, Nader Moazami, MD, Michael Z.-Y. Tong, MD, MBP, Shinya Unai, MD, W. H. Wilson Tang, MD and Edward G. Soltesz, Md, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 287-295; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17002

    Several devices can serve as a bridge to recovery, transplant, or a long-term device.

  • A broken pacemaker lead in a 69-year-old woman
    Belal Kaseer, MD, Mhd Yassin Al Mouslmani, MD, David S. Hirsh, MD and Muhammad Hammadah, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 346-347; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16075

    The patient presented with fatigue, cough, light-headedness, and a heart rate of 30 beats per minute.

  • Fall risk and anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in the elderly: A delicate balance
    Tracy Hagerty, MD and Michael W. Rich, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 35-40; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16016

    The decision-making process is complex and should be shared with the patient and the patient’s family and caregivers.

  • Update on the management of venous thromboembolism
    John R. Bartholomew, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 39-46; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.04
  • Whether to anticoagulate: Toward a more reasoned approach
    Theodore T. Suh, MD, PhD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 41-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16086

    The patient’s life expectancy and personal preferences are important and affect the decision.

  • A 68-year-old man with a blue toe
    Kiyoshi Shikino, MD, PhD, Takahiro Ota, MD, Takanori Uehara, MD, PhD and Masatomi Ikusaka, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 436-437; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16059

    The patient had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, which caused cholesterol crystal embolism.

  • Is there a doctor on board? In-flight medical emergencies
    Jose V. Nable, MD, MS, NRP, Christina L. Tupe, MD, Bruce D. Gehle, JD and William J. Brady, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 457-462; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16072

    Although not legally required to render assistance, physicians have an ethical obligation to do so and should be prepared.

  • Cardiac implantable electronic device infection
    Cameron T. Lambert, MD and Khaldoun G. Tarakji, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 47-53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.05
  • Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and the heart and brain
    Vinod Krishnappa, MBBS, Poornima Vinod, MD, Divya Deverakonda and Rupesh Raina, MD, FAAP, FACP, FASN, FNKF
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 471-481; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16107

    Early-onset hypertension is common. Other complications include heart disease and intracranial aneurysm.

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