More articles from Vascular-Medicine

  • Anchors away
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2023, 90 (11) 652-653; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90b.11023

    Before you read this, I recommend that you read the interesting article in this issue by Prakash et al, part of our Symptoms to Diagnosis series.

  • Is the MTHFR gene mutation associated with thrombosis?
    Andrew Dhawan, MD, DPhil and Charis Eng, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2023, 90 (11) 661-663; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23044

    Clinicians should educate patients with this common polymorphism about the lack of evidence for associated thrombotic risk, and instead focus on modifiable risk factors for thrombosis.

  • Should you use compression duplex ultrasonography to detect deep vein thrombosis to evaluate unexplained fevers?
    Daniel Rozenbaum, MD, Anirudh Yalamanchali, MD, MS and Deborah Hornacek, MD, FSVM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2023, 90 (10) 611-614; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23018

    The authors provide recommendations on when to order imaging of the extremities in the evaluation of hospitalized patients with unexplained fever.