Genetics

  • Trying to get ahead of Alzheimer disease
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 517-518; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.09020

    Sorting out patients destined to have Alzheimer disease remains a challenge.

  • Thoracic aortic aneurysm: Optimal surveillance and treatment
    CME article
    Tom Kai Ming Wang, MBCHB, MD(res), FRACP and Milind Y. Desai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 557-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19140-1

    Early detection, surveillance, and treatment are critical.

  • Does a short QT interval increase the risk of cardiac death in healthy people?
    Ahmed Subahi, MD, Ahmed S. Yassin, MD, Oluwole Adegbala, MD, Mohamed Shokr, MD and Luis Afonso, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 398-400; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19090

    No, but it may warrant further investigation to determine if the patient is at risk.

  • Familial hypercholesterolemia: Clarifications
    Taher Modarressi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 320; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.06001

    Comments on xanthoma vs xanthelasmas, and goal LDL-C.

  • In Reply: Familial hypercholesterolemia: Clarifications
    Nishant P. Shah, MD,FACC, Haitham M. Ahmed, MD and W. H. Wilson Tang, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 320; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.06002

    The authors' response.