Latest Articles

  • 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.

  • Update on the management of venous thromboembolism
    John R. Bartholomew, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 39-46; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.04
  • An unexpected cause of shoulder pain
    Takeshi Kondo, MD, Yoshiyuki Ohira, PhD, Takanori Uehara, PhD, Kazutaka Noda, PhD and Masatomi Ikusaka, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 276-277; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccim.84a.16051

    The patient’s scapula protruded abnormally during forward flexion and abduction of the arm.

  • A burning sensation in the mouth
    Satvinder Singh Bakshi, MS, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 344-345; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16005

    The patient was a smoker with poor oral hygiene.

  • Cardiac mass: Tumor or thrombus? (July 2017)
    Mahmoud Abdelghany, MD, Moustafa Elsheshtawy, MD and Hani Kozman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.09003

    Readers comment on cardiac masses (July 2017).

  • A 68-year-old man with a blue toe
    Kiyoshi Shikino, MD, PhD, Takahiro Ota, MD, Takanori Uehara, MD, PhD and Masatomi Ikusaka, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 436-437; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16059

    The patient had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, which caused cholesterol crystal embolism.

  • Patients with challenging behaviors: Communication strategies
    Isabel N. Schuermeyer, MD, Erin Sieke, BA, Leah Dickstein, MD, Tatiana Falcone, MD, FAPA and Kathleen Franco, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7) 535-542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15130

    Having a plan to deal with difficult personality types leads to better communication and outcomes—and less stress.

  • 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.

  • Caring for international patients November 2016
    Maryam Sattari, MD, Shehla Islam, MD and Amir Kazory, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 180; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03001

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • Cardiac implantable electronic device infection
    Cameron T. Lambert, MD and Khaldoun G. Tarakji, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 47-53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.05

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