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  • Options for managing severe aortic stenosis: A case-based review
    Options for managing severe aortic stenosis: A case-based review
    Olcay Aksoy, MD, Bridget L. O’brien, MD, FACC and Venu Menon, MD, FACC, FAHA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 243-252; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12078

    Today, patients who cannot undergo surgery can be offered a variety of less invasive treatments. We use seven cases to illustrate how to manage these patients.

  • A rapidly growing crusted nodule on the lip
    Paul J. Wirth and Thomas N. Helm, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 222-224; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12050

    The patient, who had a squamous cell carcinoma, underwent Mohs surgery and has done well.

  • Bone mineral density testing: Is a T score enough to determine the screening interval?
    Krupa B. Doshi, MD, CCD, Leila Z. Khan, MD, CCD, Susan E. Williams, MS, MD, CCD and Angelo A. Licata, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 234-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12069

    Although a trial found that women with normal or only slightly low results need not come back for another 15 years, it may not be so simple.

  • Implications of a prominent R wave in V1
    Eric J. Chan, MD, Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, MD, MRCP, FACP and Donald A. Underwood, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 204-205; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.11138

    A 19-year-old woman presents with exertional dyspnea. What can her electrocardiogram tell us?

  • Aortic valve replacement: Options, improvements, and costs
    Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 253-254; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.13010

    How aortic valve disease is managed continues to evolve. Issues include outcomes and costs.

  • In Reply: Emergency contraception (November 2012)
    Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 185-186; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.03002

    Readers comment on emergency contraception (November 2012), adrenal masses (December 2012), and the use of statins for primary prevention in women (December 2012).

  • In Reply: Sex, statins, and diabetes (December 2012)
    Michael Rocco, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 187-189; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.03005

    Readers comment on emergency contraception (November 2012), adrenal masses (December 2012), and the use of statins for primary prevention in women (December 2012).

  • Reviewers 2012
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 150;
  • Sore throat, odynophagia, hoarseness, and a muffled, high-pitched voice
    Cong J. Li, MD and Paul Aronowitz, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 144-145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12056

    When this patient presents to the emergency department, what does his radiograph show?

  • Cervical cancer screening: What’s new and what’s coming?
    Xian Wen Jin, MD, PhD, FACP, Laura Lipold, MD, Margaret McKenzie, MD and Andrea Sikon, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 153-160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12092

    In their 2012 guidelines, several organizations call for less-frequent but more-effective screening that incorporates testing for human papillomavirus.

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