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  • The role of aldosterone receptor antagonists in the management of heart failure: An update
    Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, MD, Mohammed Chamsi-Pasha, MD and W. H. Wilson Tang, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 631-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12014

    Spironolactone (Aldactone) and eplerenone (Inspra) are now part of standard therapy. Still, they must be used cautiously, as they can cause hyperkalemia.

  • The apples and oranges of cost-effectiveness: A rejoinder
    Vinay Prasad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 610-611; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12129

    The author of the commentary replies.

  • The apples and oranges of cost-effectiveness: A rejoinder
    Chiedozie I. Udeh, MD, MHLTHEC and Belinda L. Udeh, PhD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 608-610; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12123

    A recent CCJM commentary used straw men to indict cost-effectiveness research.

  • Flashing lights, floaters, and reduced vision
    Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, M. Chadi Alraies, MD, Francisco Aécio Almeida, MD, MS and Arun D. Singh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 616-618; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11141

    A 62-year-old woman has numerous lobulated, yellowish, choroidal lesions in the left eye, and two similar but smaller lesions in the right eye. What is the cause?

  • In reply: Geriatric patient-centered medical home
    Amelia Gennari, MD, Kim Fedor, BSN, MBA, Eric Bakow, MA, MPM, RRT and Neil M. Resnick, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79c.08004

    Readers comment on synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (April 2012) and on the geriatric patient-centered medical home (May 2012).

  • The stethoscope as metaphor
    Salvatore Mangione, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 545-546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12075

    The humanities—and bedside skills—ought to be a fundamental part of medical education. The alternative is a future full of technicians with tricorders, but sorely lacking in healers.

  • Regularizing the approach to the irregularly irregular
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 522; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79b.12008

    We have more choices, more data, and more management algorithms, but still no panacea for atrial fibrillation.

  • Geriatric patient-centered medical home
    David L. Keller, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79c.07003

    Readers comment on synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (April 2012) and on the geriatric patient-centered medical home (May 2012).

  • An argument for reviving the disappearing skill of cardiac auscultation
    Donald Clark, MD, Mustafa I. Ahmed, MD, Louis J. Dell’italia, MD, Pohoey Fan, MD and David C. McGiffin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 536-544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12001

    Three case scenarios show how the clinical examination can complement echocardiography in the evaluation of valvular heart disease.

  • In reply: Synthetic legal intoxicating drugs
    Jason M. Jerry, MD and Gregory B. Collins, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 534-535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79c.08002

    Readers comment on synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (April 2012) and on the geriatric patient-centered medical home (May 2012).

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