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- Can an ARB be given to patients who have had angioedema on an ACE inhibitor?
Proceed with caution. ARBs can also cause angioedema, but the benefit may outweigh the risk if the patient truly needs the drug.
- The conundrum of explaining breast density to patients
Several states have mandated that, after mammography, patients be informed if their breasts are dense. Explaining what this means is a challenge.
- The FREEDOM trial (August 2013)
Readers comment on the FREEDOM trial (August 2013) and on electronic health records (July 2013).
- Third universal definition of myocardial infarction: Update, caveats, differential diagnoses
Troponin levels are elevated in nearly everyone having a myocardial infarction—but also in many who are not. Hence, clinical judgment is needed.
- Dense breasts and legislating medicine
As with accelerated drug approval, mandated disclosure of breast density has uncertain efficacy.
- To Phil, adieu with many thanks and much gratitude
Phil Canuto, the executive editor of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine for almost 20 years, is retiring.
- Antiplatelet therapy to prevent recurrent stroke: Three good options
Aspirin, dipyridamole, and clopidogrel are important parts of therapy to prevent recurrent stroke of atherosclerotic origin.
- Electronic health records (July 2013)
Readers comment on the FREEDOM trial (August 2013) and on electronic health records (July 2013).
- Ascites in a 42-year-old woman
She has had worsening shortness of breath, leg edema, and ascites for 4 months. What is the cause?
- In Reply: Renal risk stratification with the new oral anticoagulants (July 2013)
Readers comment on the risk of bleeding with the new oral anticoagulants (July 2013) and on the signs of rheumatoid arthritis (May 2013).