Cardiology

  • Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention: Personalize the duration
    Travis M. Howard, MD and Umesh N. Khot, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 325-332; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20113

    A review of current guidelines on the duration of therapy and perioperative management.

  • Medical complications of bulimia nervosa
    CME article
    Allison Nitsch, MD, Heather Dlugosz, MD, Dennis Gibson, MD and Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 333-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20168

    Complications can affect all body systems, but especially the renal and electrolyte systems.

  • Quetiapine for primary insomnia: Consider the risks
    Vania Modesto-Lowe, MD, MPH, Agata K. Harabasz, MD and Sophia A. Walker, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 286-294; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20031

    Its cardiometabolic effects and potential for abuse warrant caution in off-label use.

  • Update in perioperative cardiac medicine 2021
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 294;

    The following article contained an error: Cohn SL. Update in perioperative cardiac medicine. Cleve Clin J Med 2021; 88(4):216–220. doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21014

  • CABG: When, why, and how?
    CABG: When, why, and how?
    George Dimeling, MD, Laurice Bakaeen, PharmD, Jaikirshan Khatri, MD and Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD, FACS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 295-303; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20115

    The surgery has developed beyond a “cookie-cutter” generic cardiac operation.

  • Tumoral calcinosis
    Hiroyuki Yano, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 208-209; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20084

    A 47-year-old woman on peritoneal dialysis presented with dyspnea and hip pain.

  • Update in perioperative cardiac medicine 2021
    Steven L. Cohn, MD, MACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 216-220; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21014

    New light on preoperative assessment and on the need for anticoagulation.

  • Pregnancy in a woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
    Pregnancy in a woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
    Sarah A. Goldstein, MD, Lisa Sorenson, CNP, Jeffrey B. Chapa, MD and Richard A. Krasuski, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 228-236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20136

    She presents with nausea and emesis 7 weeks after her last menstrual period.

  • Imaging to evaluate suspected infective endocarditis
    Imaging to evaluate suspected infective endocarditis
    CME article
    Ikram-Ul Haq, MD, Iqraa Haq, BS, Brian Griffin, MD and Bo Xu, MD, FACC, FRACP, FASE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 163-172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19142

    What if echocardiographic findings are initially negative and the patient continues to have bacteremia?

  • Cardiac surveillance for anti-HER2 chemotherapy
    Patrick Collier, MD, PhD, FASE, FESC, FACC, Muzna Hussain, MD, Zoran B. Popovic, MD, PhD and Brian P. Griffin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 110-116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19150

    A more focused approach is advocated.

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