Vascular Medicine

  • Hampton hump in acute pulmonary embolism
    Sovik De Sirkar, MD, Joshua Newman, MD, Sorcha Allen, MB, BCh, BAO, Ahmed Elkaryoni, MD, Alexandru Marginean, MD and Amir Darki, MD, MSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 236-238; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21058

    A 50-year-old patient presented with worsening dyspnea and cough with bilateral swelling of the lower extremities, with left-side swelling greater than right-side swelling.

  • Lacrimal gland involvement in a patient with sarcoidosis
    Tanmayi Pai, MD, Mohamed S. Muneer, MD, Kafayat Oyemade,, Diva R. Salomao, MD, Vivek Gupta, MD and Dana Harris, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 239-240; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21037

    The differential diagnosis included infection, malignancy, and inflammatory disorders such as immunoglobulin G4-related disease and sarcoidosis.

  • Managing stage 1 hypertension: Consider the risks, stop the progression
    Abel Hooker, MD, Kevin G. Buda, DO and Maarya Pasha, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 244-248; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21101

    Guidelines on managing patients with stage 1 hypertension and a low 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

  • Evaluation and management of orthostatic hypotension: Limited data, limitless opportunity
    Aldo J. Peixoto, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2022, 89 (1) 36-45; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89gr.22001

    Orthostatic hypotension is common and can have serious consequences. The author offers a systematic approach to evaluation and management.

  • Cardiac considerations in liver transplantation
    Cardiac considerations in liver transplantation
    Vikram Sharma, MD, MD(Res), Cerise Kleb, MD, Chirag Sheth, MD, Beni Rai Verma, MD, Vardhmaan Jain, MD, Ruchi Sharma, MD, MS, Parth Parikh, MD, Jacek Cywinski, MD, K. V. Narayanan Menon, MD, FAASLD, Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, MD, Bijan Eghtesad, MD, Cristiano Quintini, MD, Teresa Diago Uso, MD, Michael Z. Y. Tong, MD, Ravi Nair, MD, Ajay Bhargava, MD and Maan Fares, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2022, 89 (1) 46-55; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21006

    Today’s transplant patients are older and more likely to have cardiac comorbidities, and effects of advanced liver disease on the circulatory system pose challenges in perioperative management.

  • Antiobesity drug therapy
    Taher Modarressi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 657; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.12001
  • Physician resistance to obesity pharmacotherapy
    Vania Modesto-Lowe, MD, Allison Wick, BS and Michael Dang, BS, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 658; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.12003
  • In Reply: Antiobesity drug therapy
    Yael Mauer, MD, MPH, Marcie Parker, PharmD, BCACP and Sangeeta Kashyap, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 657-658; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.12002
  • In Reply: Physician resistance to obesity pharmacotherapy
    Yael Mauer, MD, MPH, Marcie Parker, PharmD, BCACP and Sangeeta Kashyap, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 658-659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.12004
  • Chronic venous outflow obstruction: An important cause of chronic venous disease
    Chronic venous outflow obstruction: An important cause of chronic venous disease
    CME article
    Matthew Harris, MBBS, MRCS and Chung Sim Lim, MBBS, PhD, FRCS, FEBVS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 680-688; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21068

    A review of the key factors to consider in management of chronic venous outflow obstruction, and advice on how best to get patients the care they need.

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