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December 01, 2013; Volume 80,Issue 12
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.
Tehrani, David M.
- 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.
Yepes, Monica
- You have accessThe conundrum of explaining breast density to patientsErin N. Marcus, MD, MPH and Monica Yepes, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2013, 80 (12) 761-765; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.13026
Several states have mandated that, after mammography, patients be informed if their breasts are dense. Explaining what this means is a challenge.