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  • Change in Depressive Symptom Status Predicts Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure
    Rebecca L. Dekker, MSN, RN, Terry A. Lennie, PhD, RN, Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS, Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN, Misook L. Chung, PhD, RN, Seongkum Heo, PhD, RN, Eun Kyeung Song, PhD, RN, Jia-Rong Wu, PhD, RN and Debra K. Moser, DNSc, RN
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2010, 77 (7 suppl 3) S87;
  • The eyes: A window into the past
    Nancy F. Crum-Cianflone, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2010, 77 (7) 422-424; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09157

    The patient, 33 years old and living in Southern California, has “spots” on the retina. What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • Anxiety and Type D Personality in ICD Patients: Impact of Shocks
    Mina K. Chung, MD, Melanie Panko, RN, Tina Gupta, Scott Bea, PhD, Karen Broer, PhD, Diana Bauer, Denise Kosty-Sweeney, RN, Betty Ching, RN, Suzanne Pedersen, PhD, Sam Sears, PhD and Leo Pozuelo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2010, 77 (7 suppl 3) S81a;
  • Cardiomyopathy After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Is Mediated by Neutrophils
    J. Javier Provencio, Shari Moore and Saksith Smithason
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2010, 77 (7 suppl 3) S84a;
  • Heart Rate Variability in Depression: Effect of Escitalopram
    Angelos Halaris, MD, John Piletz, PhD, Erin Tobin, MA, Edwin Meresh, MD, James Sinacore, PhD and Christopher Lowden
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2010, 77 (7 suppl 3) S90;
  • The electronic medical record: Learning to swim
    Tom I. Abelson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2010, 77 (7) 415-419; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10035

    Skepticism and vigilance are warranted, but so is optimism.

  • Difficulty swallowing solid foods; food ‘getting stuck in the chest’
    Maqsood A. Khan, MD, Bijo K. John, MD, Bret A. Lashner, MD and Donald F. Kirby, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2010, 77 (6) 354-363; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09144

    A 61-year-old woman has had alarming symptoms for the last 4 weeks. Which test will you order now?

  • Incidence, outcomes, and management of bleeding in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
    Antonio Gutierrez, MD and Sunil V. Rao, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2010, 77 (6) 369-379; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09142

    Powerful antithrombotic and antiplatelet drugs and percutaneous interventions pose risks of bleeding. Fortunately, the risk can be managed.

  • LVH and hypertension: Is treating the pressure not enough?
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2010, 77 (6) 344; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.06001

    I am not sure the weight of current evidence supports routinely screening hypertensive patients for left ventricular hypertrophy using echocardiography, but the concept warrants consideration and study.

  • Should patients with mild asthma use inhaled steroids?
    Susan Razavi Abouhassan, MD and David M. Lang, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2010, 77 (6) 364-368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09074

    Yes—but only if we consider the severity of the asthma, the goals of therapy, and the benefits and risks.

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