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  • To Phil, adieu with many thanks and much gratitude
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2013, 80 (12) 745-746; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80b.12013

    Phil Canuto, the executive editor of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine for almost 20 years, is retiring.

  • Antiplatelet therapy to prevent recurrent stroke: Three good options
    Antiplatelet therapy to prevent recurrent stroke: Three good options
    Atizazul H. Mansoor, MD, Mohammad T. Mujtaba, MD and Brian Silver, MD
    Cleveland 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.

  • Electronic health records (July 2013)
    Mark D. Bej, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2013, 80 (12) 754; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/80c.12003

    Readers comment on the FREEDOM trial (August 2013) and on electronic health records (July 2013).

  • Ascites in a 42-year-old woman
    Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, MBBS, MD, Gursimran S. Kochhar, MD, Ibrahim Hanouneh, MD, Craig Nielsen, MD and David Barnes, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2013, 80 (12) 771-776; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12118

    She has had worsening shortness of breath, leg edema, and ascites for 4 months. What is the cause?

  • In Reply: The FREEDOM trial (August 2013)
    Bhuvnesh Aggarwal, MD and Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
    Cleveland 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).

  • Can an ARB be given to patients who have had angioedema on an ACE inhibitor?
    Prashant Sharma, MD and Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, MD
    Cleveland 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.

  • The conundrum of explaining breast density to patients
    Erin N. Marcus, MD, MPH and Monica Yepes, MD
    Cleveland 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.

  • The FREEDOM trial (August 2013)
    Giovanni Saeed, MD, Rainer Gradaus, MD, PhD and Jörg Neuzner, MD, PhD
    Cleveland 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).

  • Myasthenia gravis: Newer therapies offer sustained improvement
    Myasthenia gravis: Newer therapies offer sustained improvement
    Yuebing Li, MD, PhD, Yeeshu Arora, MD and Kerry Levin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2013, 80 (11) 711-721; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.13044

    The prognosis has dramatically improved; the death rate used to be 75%, now it is 4.5%.

  • Renal risk stratification with the new oral anticoagulants (July 2013)
    Patricio Pazmiño, PhD, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2013, 80 (11) 733-734; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.11001

    Readers comment on the risk of bleeding with the new oral anticoagulants (July 2013) and on the signs of rheumatoid arthritis (May 2013).

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