Vascular Medicine

  • Another complication of cirrhosis
    Houriya Ayoubieh, MD and Eyas Alkhalili, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 701-706; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16084

    A patient with cirrhosis presents with acute abdominal pain and shock.

  • Submassive pulmonary embolism (December 2016)
    Anup Katyal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.02003

    Readers comment on submassive pulmonary embolism (December 2016).

  • In reply: Submassive pulmonary embolism (December 2016)
    Ali Ataya, MD, Jessica Cope, PharmD, Abbas Shahmohammadi, MD and Hassan Alnuaimat, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 94-95; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.02004
  • Phlegmasia cerulea dolens from radiation-induced venous stenosis
    Suman Paul, MBBS, PhD and Mujeeb Sheikh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 865-867; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15166

    The patient had received pelvic radiation 10 years earlier for prostate cancer.

  • Do patients with submassive pulmonary embolism benefit from thrombolytic therapy?
    Do patients with submassive pulmonary embolism benefit from thrombolytic therapy?
    Ali Ataya, MD, Jessica Cope, PharmD, Abbas Shahmohammadi, MD and Hassan Alnuaimat, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 923-932; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15116

    The risk of hemorrhage is signifi cant, and the benefi t is unclear. A one-treatment-for-all approach cannot be applied.

  • Thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism: Finding the balance
    Carlos L. Alviar, MD and Gustavo A. Heresi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 933-936; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16099

    In massive pulmonary embolism, thrombolytic therapy is usually indicated; in submassive cases the decision is not so clear.

  • Left ventricular thrombosis can still complicate acute myocardial infarction
    Left ventricular thrombosis can still complicate acute myocardial infarction
    Muhammad Umer Tariq, MD, Ali M. Tariq, MD, Carmela D. Tan, MD, E. Rene Rodriguez, MD and Venu Menon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 819-826; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14078

    Despite revascularization, the next day the patient had an ejection fraction of 35% and a mass in the left ventricle.

  • Bioresorbable stents: The future of interventional cardiology?
    Stephen G. Ellis, MD and Haris Riaz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11 suppl 2) S18-S23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83.s2.03
  • PCSK9 inhibition: A promise fulfilled?
    Khendi White, MD, Chaitra Mohan, MD and Michael Rocco, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11 suppl 2) S36-S44; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83.s2.05
  • Fibromuscular dysplasia: Advances in understanding and management
    Ellen K. Brinza, MS and Heather L. Gornik, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11 suppl 2) S45-S51; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83.s2.06

Pages