Cardiology

  • Deciding when a picture is worth a thousand words and several thousand dollars
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 509-510; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86b.08019

    Physical examination is cheap but not highly reproducible. Imaging is expensive but may be more sensitive and specific.

  • Should we stop aspirin before noncardiac surgery?
    Anbazhagan Prabhakaran, MD, MRCP (Edin), FACP and Christopher Whinney, MD, SFHM, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 518-521; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18075

    It depends on the type of surgery and the reason the patient is taking aspirin.

  • Aspirin: 4,000 years and still learning
    Kenneth C. Cummings, MD, MS, FASA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 522-524; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19041

    What we know about aspirin—and what we still need to learn.

  • Infective endocarditis: Beyond the usual tests
    Infective endocarditis: Beyond the usual tests
    Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, MD, Steven R. Jones, MD, Thorsten M. Leucker, MD, PhD and Daniel J. Brotman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 559-567; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18120

    Newer imaging tests are increasingly used as alternatives or adjuncts to echocardiography for selected patients.

  • A right atrial mass
    Zeel Shah, MD, M. Chadi Alraies, MD, Ameer Harp, MD, Salam Khalil, MD, Amir Kaki, MD and Mahir Elder, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 445-447; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18131

    A woman with a history of endometrial adenocarcinoma presented with occasional shortness of breath and dizziness.

  • Ambulatory ECG monitoring in the age of smartphones
    David Sanders, MD, Leo Ungar, MD, Michael A. Eskander, MD and Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 483-493; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18123

    Many devices are available; the best one to use depends on the specific clinical context.

  • In reply: Complete blood cell count March 2019
    Jori E. May, MD, Marisa B. Marques, MD, Vishnu V. B. Reddy, MD and Radhika Gangaraju, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2019, 86 (6) 368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.06002
  • Complete blood cell count March 2019
    Howard Homler, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2019, 86 (6) 368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.06001

    A reader comments about use of the red blood cell distribution width in the complete blood cell count (March 2019).

  • Is chest radiography routinely needed after thoracentesis?
    Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD, Aram Barbaryan, MD, Taha Ayach, MD, Fabrizio Canepa Escaro, MD, Goutham Talari, MD and Adam Gray, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2019, 86 (6) 371-373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.17058

    No, it should be done only in certain situations, for example, if pneumothorax is suspected.

  • Anti-Xa assays: What is their role today in antithrombotic therapy?
    Erika Hutt Centeno, MD, Michael Militello, PharmD, RPH, BCPS and Marcelo P. Gomes, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2019, 86 (6) 417-425; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18029

    Should clinicians abandon the aPTT for monitoring heparin therapy in favor of anti-Xa assays?

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