Latest Articles

  • Whether to anticoagulate: Toward a more reasoned approach
    Theodore T. Suh, MD, PhD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 41-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16086

    The patient’s life expectancy and personal preferences are important and affect the decision.

  • Renal denervation: What happened, and why?
    Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD, Tarek A. Hammad, MD and George Thomas, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 681-686; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.14129

    Despite promising initial results, this treatment failed in its largest trial to date. Is it dead? Can it be revived?

  • Porcelain heart in a uremic patient
    Hsiu-Chien Yang, MD, Chang-Han Lo, MD, Chun-Chi Chen, MD and Chia-Chao Wu, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 184-185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15177

    Constrictive pericarditis due to secondary hyperparathyroidism occurs in up to 4% of patients with end-stage renal disease.

  • Which patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease should undergo liver biopsy?
    Christina C. Lindenmeyer, MD and Arthur J. McCullough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 273-275; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16029

    Patients should undergo biopsy to guide management and prognosis if suspected of having steatohepatitis or fibrosis.

  • Drug reaction or metastatic lung cancer?
    Hiromichi Hara, MD, PhD, Hirofumi Utsumi, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Wakui, MD, PhD, Haruhiko Yanagisawa, MD, PhD, Mitsuo Hashimoto, MD, PhD and Kazuyoshi Kuwano, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 914-915; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17005

    Imaging shows nodules randomly distributed throughout both lungs, a paradoxical reaction to drug therapy.

  • Diabetes control during Ramadan fasting
    A. V. Raveendran, MBBS, MD and Abdul Hamid Zargar, MBBS, MD, DM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 352-356; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16073

    For diabetic patients, fasting during Ramadan can cause wide fluctuations in blood sugar levels.

  • Trends in cardiovascular risk profiles
    Samir Kapadia, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 4) e6-e9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s4.02
  • Fungal organisms in the brain (February 2017)
    Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, MD, Andrea V. Arrossi, MD and Carol F. Farver, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 428; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.06001

    Readers comment on fungal organisms in the brain (February 2017).

  • Thrombotic microangiopathies: Similar presentations, different therapies
    Gerald B. Appel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 114-130; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17001

    Effective management depends on prompt diagnosis and targeted therapy.

  • Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation (January 2017)
    Elise Henning, MD, MED
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 658; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.09001

    Readers comment on anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation (January 2017).

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