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  • A short story of the short QT syndrome
    Hayan Al Maluli, MD and Arnold B. Meshkov, MD, MBA, FACC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1) 41-47; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12029

    Short QT syndrome is a recently recognized cause of cardiac rhythm disorders, including sudden cardiac death. Though rare, it is worth thinking about.

  • Correction
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1) 40; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12885

    A sentence was omitted from the abstract of McGill JJ, Shoskes DA, Sabanegh ES Jr. Androgen deficiency in older men: indications, advantages, and pitfalls of testosterone replacement therapy. Cleve Clin J Med 2012; 79:797–806.

  • Human papillomavirus vaccine: Safe, effective, underused
    Human papillomavirus vaccine: Safe, effective, underused
    Xian Wen Jin, MD, PhD, FACP, Laura Lipold, MD, Andrea Sikon, MD and Ellen Rome, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1) 49-60; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12084

    Because HPV is sexually transmitted, HPV vaccination has met with public controversy. A review of the data and the challenges.

  • A 47-year-old man with chest and neck pain
    M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP, Usman Ayub Khan, MBBS, Khaldoon Shaheen, MD and Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1) 6-8; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12032

    While boarding a bus, a 50-pack-year smoker with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease heard popping sounds, which were followed by chest and neck pain. What do his radiographs show?

  • Medicine’s future: Helping patients stay healthy at home
    Steven H. Landers, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1 e-suppl 1) e-S1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80.e-s1.01
  • Advanced heart failure: Transplantation, LVADs, and beyond
    Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH, FACC, FESC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2013, 80 (1) 33-40; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80gr.12003

    Patients with advanced heart failure far outnumber hearts available for transplantation. Mechanical devices are filling the gap.

  • Is an adult with Asperger syndrome sitting in your waiting room?
    Brigid Prayson and Kathleen Franco, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2012, 79 (12) 875-882; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11161

    The authors offer guidance on interacting with adult patients who have this disorder. They also address proposed diagnostic changes scheduled to take effect in 2013.

  • Mild cognitive impairment: Challenges in research and in practice
    Hamid R. Okhravi, MD and Robert M. Palmer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2012, 79 (12) 853-854; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12109

    Mild cognitive impairment is now a clinical reality seen by all practitioners dealing with older patients.

  • Lupus in Hispanics: A matter of serious concern
    Guillermo J. Pons-Estel, MD, PhD and Graciela S. Alarcón, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2012, 79 (12) 824-834; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12048

    Some diseases are either more serious or more frequent in US Hispanics, and lupus is one of them. Prompt diagnosis is of paramount importance to prevent organ damage and death.

  • Mild cognitive impairment: Hope for stability, plan for progression
    Birju B. Patel, MD, FACP and N. Wilson Holland, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2012, 79 (12) 857-864; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11126

    Older patients often raise concerns about cognitive issues with their primary care physicians. This mild impairment may progress to dementia, remain stable, or even improve.

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