Vascular Medicine

  • Vascular Medicine
  • New treatments for peripheral artery disease
    John Bartholomew, MD and G. Jay Bishop, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5 suppl 1) 21-25; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87.s1.03
  • The under- and overrecognized, and the elephant in the room
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 189; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.04020

    We internists must recognize the pine cones without losing our vision of the forest.

  • 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.

  • Paroxysmal finger hematoma
    Daan J.L. van Twist, MD, PhD, Wim Hermans, and Guy J.M. Mostard, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 194; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19122

    This benign, self-limiting condition predominantly affects middle-aged women.

  • 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.

  • Can I use direct oral anticoagulants to treat cancer-associated venous thromboembolism?
    Oluwadunni Emiloju, MD, Sorab Gupta, MD and Claudia Dourado, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 201-203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19100

    DOACs are increasingly replacing low-molecular-weight heparins for this purpose.

  • A young man with hypertension and hypokalemia
    Zainah Chiko, BSHS, Mohamad Hanouneh, MD and C. John Sperati, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 77-79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19111

    At presentation, his blood pressure was 184/154 mm Hg, and his serum potassium level was 3.1 mmol/L.

  • Sickle cell disease: A primary care update
    Grace Onimoe, MD and Seth Rotz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2020, 87 (1) 19-27; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.18051

    Survival has improved, but patients still face multiorgan damage, chronic anemia, and debilitating pain crises.

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