Vascular Medicine

  • Cocaine-induced ecchymotic rash
    Naveen K. Voore, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2016, 83 (4) 252-253; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15125

    Levamisole-adulterated cocaine can induce an ANCA-associated vasculitic rash within hours or days.

  • What is the best approach to a high systolic pulmonary artery pressure on echocardiography?
    Mostafa Ahmed, MD, Raed A. Dweik, MD and Adriano R. Tonelli, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2016, 83 (4) 256-260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14186

    This is a common incidental finding. What to do depends on clinical presentation, comorbidities, and results of other tests.

  • Common neurologic emergencies for nonneurologists: When minutes count
    Mohan Kottapally, MD and S. Andrew Josephson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 116-126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14121

    Recognizing and treating acute stroke, status epilepticus, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and others.

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