Imaging

  • Functional tricuspid regurgitation: Feasibility of transcatheter interventions
    Vinayak Nagaraja, MD, Divyanshu Mohananey, MD, Jose Navia, MD, Serge C. Harb, MD, Rhonda Miyasaka, MD, Amar Krishnaswamy, MD and Samir Kapadia, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5 suppl 1) 4-14; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87.s1.01
  • Infective endocarditis: Don’t forget the ICE
    Faris G. Araj, MD and Michael Luna, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 191; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.04001

    A recent article did not mention intracardiac echocardiography.

  • In reply: Infective endocarditis: Don’t forget the ICE
    Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, MD, Steven R. Jones, MD, Thorsten M. Leucker, MD, PhD and Daniel J. Brotman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 192; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.04002

    Echocardiography relies on finding an anatomic abnormality, whereas 18FDG-PET is a functional examination.

  • Constitutional symptoms, pathologic PET-CT
    Julia L. Riera, MD, Jorge L. Musuruana, MD, Fernando Faccio, MD and Javier A. Cavallasca, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 195-197; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19053

    PET-CT showed diffuse hypermetabolism of the great vessel walls, compatible with large-vessel giant cell arteritis.

  • Trousseau syndrome
    Satish Maharaj, MBBS, Michael Omar, MBBS, Karan Seegobin, MBBS and Simone Chang, MBBS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 199-200; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19086

    Examination revealed multiple bluish macules and 2 palpable thrombosed superficial veins in the right popliteal fossa.

  • To scan or not to scan? DXA in postmenopausal women
    Kristi Tough DeSapri, MD, CCD, NCMP and Rachel Brook, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 205-210; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.18136

    DXA is strongly recommended for women age 65 and older, but not so much for younger postmenopausal women.

  • GERD: A practical approach
    GERD: A practical approach
    Andrew Young, DO, Mythri Anil Kumar, MD and Prashanthi N. Thota, MD, FACG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 223-230; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19114

    PPIs are the first-line medical therapy. Endoscopic and surgical options are pursued only if medical therapy fails.

  • Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
    Balaj Rai, MD, Robert M. Black, MD and Vinit Gilvaz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 131-132; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.18139

    On day 4, his blood pressure was 209/93 mm Hg, and CT showed new vasogenic edema in both occipital lobes.

  • Community-acquired pneumonia: Strategies for triage and treatment
    Anita R. Modi, MD and Christopher S. Kovacs, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 145-151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19067

    Not all patients need to be hospitalized. Initial empiric treatment should be de-escalated as soon as possible.

  • Endoscopic ultrasonography: An inside view
    Endoscopic ultrasonography: An inside view
    C. Roberto Simons-Linares, MD, Praneet Wander, MD, John Vargo, MD and Prabhleen Chahal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 175-183; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19003

    Endoscopic ultrasonography has evolved from a diagnostic tool to a therapeutic procedure for a wide range of conditions.

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