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  • PSA screening: Back to the future
    Eric Klein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2018, 85 (11) 881-883; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18102

    Screening for prostate cancer reduces mortality rates and metastatic disease, and the paradigm continues to evolve.

  • Perioperative cardiovascular medicine: 5 questions for 2018
    Kunjam Modha, MD, FACP, Kay M. Johnson, MD, MPH, Ethan Kuperman, MD, FHM, Paul J. Grant, MD, SFHM, FACP, Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM, Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM and Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2018, 85 (11) 853-859; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18066

    Findings of recent studies regarding aspirin, troponin T, hypotension, patent foramen ovale, and recurrent stroke.

  • Bisphosphonate-related atypical femoral fracture: Managing a rare but serious complication
    Stuart Silverman, MD, Eli Kupperman, MD and Susan Bukata, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2018, 85 (11) 885-893; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17119

    Concern about this rare complication has led to a decrease in bisphosphonate use.

  • Pancreatitis: The great masquerader?
    Nicholas S. Duca, MD, Kristian Feterik, MD, MBA and Jonhan Ho, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 752-753; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18062

    Pancreatitis, panniculitis, and polyarthritis syndrome mimics rheumatologic disease, often presenting without abdominal pain.

  • Small fibers, large impact
    Brian f. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 731-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85b.10018

    The wide interest in small fi ber neuropathy may reflect our current apparent epidemic of chronic pain.

  • Postsurgical hypoparathyroidism is not primary hypoparathyroidism (March 2018)
    Malvinder S. Parmar, MB, MS, FRCPC, FACP, FASN
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 735-736; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.10002

    Readers comment on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (May 2018) and on hypoparathyroidism (March 2018).

  • Bicuspid aortic valve: Basics and beyond
    Shailee Y. Shah, MD, Andrew Higgins, MD and Milind Y. Desai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 779-784; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17069

    What further testing does this 34-year-old patient need? Can he play sports? Does his newborn son need evaluation?

  • Ablation of atrial fibrillation: Facts for the referring physician
    Ablation of atrial fibrillation: Facts for the referring physician
    Arun R. Mahankali Sridhar, MD, MPH, Oussama Wazni, MD and Ayman A. Hussein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 789-799; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17092

    The procedure has evolved to become a safe and effective treatment for atrial fi brillation.

  • Office approach to small fiber neuropathy
    Jinny O. Tavee, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 801-812; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17124

    A practical approach for identifying an underlying cause is to fi rst screen for common ones.

  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve stenosis
    Waleed T. Kayani, MD, Alvin Blaustein, MD, Ali Denktas, MD and Hani Jneid, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 786-788; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18101

    Surgery remains the standard of care, but transcatheter aortic valve replacement is an emerging, viable option for some.

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