Imaging
- Which patients with pulmonary embolism need echocardiography?
The decision should be based on clinical presentation, burden of pulmonary embolism, and other imaging fi ndings.
- Renal vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
A man with membranous nephropathy presents with dyspnea, cough, and epigastric discomfort.
- Back pain as a sign of inferior vena cava filter complications
Complications can include filter movement, fracture, occlusion, and penetration.
- Pulmonary infarction due to pulmonary embolism
A 76-year-old man is admitted with pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath 48 hours after undergoing surgery.
- Bisphosphonate-related atypical femoral fracture: Managing a rare but serious complication
Concern about this rare complication has led to a decrease in bisphosphonate use.
- When stroke runs in the family
CADASIL—cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy—is due to a mutation in NOTCH3.
- How long should we follow simple ovarian cysts with pelvic ultrasonography?
Before menopause, most simple cysts smaller than 5 cm resolve in 2 to 3 menstrual cycles and need no further intervention.
- Bicuspid aortic valve: Basics and beyond
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
The procedure has evolved to become a safe and effective treatment for atrial fi brillation.
- Brain abscesses in a 60-year-old man
The lesions were not from compromised immunity, but from septic hematogenous spread of an odontogenic infection.