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  • Management of coronary chronic total occlusion
    Jaikirshan Khatri, MD, Mouin Abdallah, MD and Stephen Ellis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 27-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.03
  • Which patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease should undergo liver biopsy?
    Christina C. Lindenmeyer, MD and Arthur J. McCullough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 273-275; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16029

    Patients should undergo biopsy to guide management and prognosis if suspected of having steatohepatitis or fibrosis.

  • Diabetes control during Ramadan fasting
    A. V. Raveendran, MBBS, MD and Abdul Hamid Zargar, MBBS, MD, DM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 352-356; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16073

    For diabetic patients, fasting during Ramadan can cause wide fluctuations in blood sugar levels.

  • Fungal organisms in the brain (February 2017)
    Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, MD, Andrea V. Arrossi, MD and Carol F. Farver, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 428; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.06001

    Readers comment on fungal organisms in the brain (February 2017).

  • A lump on the hip
    Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH, Seth Mathern, MD, Wendy S. Madigosky, MD, MSPH and Jonathan T. Bravman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 594-596; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16065

    The patient had fallen on his hip while playing basketball about 2 weeks earlier.

  • A minimally invasive treatment for early GI cancers
    A minimally invasive treatment for early GI cancers
    Lady Katherine Mejía-Pérez, MD, Seiichiro Abe, MD, Tyler Stevens, MD, Mansour A. Parsi, MD, Sunguk N. Jang, MD, Ichiro Oda, MD, John J. Vargo, MD, MPH, Yutaka Saito, MD, PhD and Amit Bhatt, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 707-717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16063

    Endoscopic submucosal dissection allows curative resection of early malignant gastrointestinal lesions.

  • Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical tool
    Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical tool
    Kenneth Leclerc, MD, FACC, FACSM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 161-168; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15013

    It has a class I recommendation for evaluating dyspnea of uncertain cause and in candidates for heart transplant.

  • In Reply: Acid-base disturbances January 2017
    Gregory W. Rutecki, MD and Shylaja Mani, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03004

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

  • Cardiac amyloidosis: An update on diagnosis and treatment
    Joseph P. Donnelly, MD and Mazen Hanna, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 12-26; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.02
  • Maternal asthma: Management strategies
    Sucharita Kher, MD, FCCP and Prerna Mota, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 296-302; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15046

    The benefits of asthma treatment during pregnancy outweigh the risks associated with the medications used.

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