Index by author
December 01, 2013; Volume 80,Issue 12
Saeed, Giovanni
- You have accessThe FREEDOM trial (August 2013)Giovanni Saeed, MD, Rainer Gradaus, MD, PhD and Jörg Neuzner, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2013, 80 (12) 748-749; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/80c.12001
Readers comment on the FREEDOM trial (August 2013) and on electronic health records (July 2013).
Seto, Arnold H.
- You have accessThird universal definition of myocardial infarction: Update, caveats, differential diagnosesDavid M. Tehrani, MS and Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPACleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2013, 80 (12) 777-786; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12158
Troponin levels are elevated in nearly everyone having a myocardial infarction—but also in many who are not. Hence, clinical judgment is needed.
Sharma, Prashant
- You have accessCan an ARB be given to patients who have had angioedema on an ACE inhibitor?Prashant Sharma, MD and Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2013, 80 (12) 755-757; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.13041
Proceed with caution. ARBs can also cause angioedema, but the benefit may outweigh the risk if the patient truly needs the drug.
Shishehbor, Mehdi H.
- You have accessIn Reply: The FREEDOM trial (August 2013)Bhuvnesh Aggarwal, MD and Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2013, 80 (12) 749; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/80c.12002
Readers comment on the FREEDOM trial (August 2013) and on electronic health records (July 2013).
Silver, Brian
- You have accessAntiplatelet therapy to prevent recurrent stroke: Three good optionsAtizazul H. Mansoor, MD, Mohammad T. Mujtaba, MD and Brian Silver, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2013, 80 (12) 787-795; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12149
Aspirin, dipyridamole, and clopidogrel are important parts of therapy to prevent recurrent stroke of atherosclerotic origin.