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  • Urticaria and angioedema
    Andrew E. Davidson, MD, S. David Miller, MD, Guy Settipane, MD and Donald Klein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1992, 59 (5) 529-534;

    Diagnosis is based on the history, especially the duration of symptoms, exacerbating factors, and atopy.

  • Tools for noninvasive assessment of coronary arterial reperfusion
    Richard C. Becker, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1992, 59 (4) 403-408;

    Coronary angiography has been the standard method to rapidly assess coronary reperfusion status after acute MI, but the availability, cost, and risks of the procedure are potential concerns. Noninvasive markers are showing promise as alternatives to angiography.

  • Primary pulmonary hypertension, then and now: 28 years of experience
    Benjamin D. Robalino, MD and Douglas S. Moodie, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1992, 59 (4) 411-417;

    Patients with PPH are presenting at earlier stages of the disease, have fewer complications during cardiac catheterization, and probably survive longer after diagnosis than patients seen several decades ago.

  • Diabetic ketoacidosis associated with pheochromocytoma
    Elazer R. Edelman, MD, PhD, Cynthia A. Stuenkel, MD, John D. Rutherford, MB, BCh and Gordon H. Williams, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1992, 59 (4) 423-427;

    Diabetic ketoacidosis associated with classic findings of pheochromocytoma was seen in a young woman who also had a significant insulin requirement that resolved after excision of the tumor.

  • Prostate cancer: current concepts in diagnosis and treatment
    Eric A. Klein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1992, 59 (4) 383-389;

    Controversy persists over how best to screen the general population for prostate cancer, and whether earlier detection decreases mortality. The author outlines an approach to screening, diagnosis, and treatment grounded on A U A guidelines and clinical experience.

  • Superior vena cava syndrome
    C. Vaughn Strimlan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1992, 59 (4) 356;
  • Doppler echocardiographic assessment of aortic regurgitation: uses and limitations
    Allan L. Klein, MD, Malcolm B. Davison, MBBS, Galen Vonk, MD and A. Jamil Tajik, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1992, 59 (4) 359-368;

    The final determination of the severity of aortic regurgitation should involve a combination of the various Doppler techniques and the indices derived from them.

  • Pelvic retroperitoneal mass in a 36-year-old man
    Cathryn Powers, MD, Matthew G. Saltarelli, MD and Kathleen Gleason Beavis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1992, 59 (4) 429-433;

    The mass identified by CT extended into the pelvis and displaced the bladder, rectosigmoid colon, and rectum. Hydronephrosis with marked parenchymal loss of the left kidney indicated chronic obstruction of the left distal ureter.

  • Circulating lipid and lipoprotein concentrations with oral estrogen-androgen hormone replacement therapy
    David D. Youngs, MD, Byron J. Hoogwerf, MD, Leslie R. Schover, PhD and Ruth K. Cannata, RN
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1992, 59 (4) 357-358;

    A decrease in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol was observed in a group of postmenopausal women following oral estrogen-androgen therapy, suggesting that the potential benefits—sexual and psychological well-being— should be weighed against the potential cardiovascular risks associated with adverse lipid changes.

  • Chronic Cystitis: Conservative Treatment Best
    Philip M. Hanno, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1992, 59 (4) 353;

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