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- Pulmonary infarction due to pulmonary embolism
A 76-year-old man is admitted with pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath 48 hours after undergoing surgery.
- Renal vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
A man with membranous nephropathy presents with dyspnea, cough, and epigastric discomfort.
- Back pain as a sign of inferior vena cava filter complications
Complications can include filter movement, fracture, occlusion, and penetration.
- Office approach to small fiber neuropathy
A practical approach for identifying an underlying cause is to fi rst screen for common ones.
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve stenosis
Surgery remains the standard of care, but transcatheter aortic valve replacement is an emerging, viable option for some.
- 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines: Toward tighter control
Under the new defi nition (≥ 130/80 mm Hg), 46% of US adults have hypertension.
- Genitourinary syndrome of menopause in breast cancer survivors: Treatments are available
Options include locally applied estrogens, DHEA, and estrogen receptor agonists/antagonists.
- How long should we follow simple ovarian cysts with pelvic ultrasonography?
Before menopause, most simple cysts smaller than 5 cm resolve in 2 to 3 menstrual cycles and need no further intervention.
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (May 2018)
Readers comment on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (May 2018) and on hypoparathyroidism (March 2018).
- When stroke runs in the family
CADASIL—cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy—is due to a mutation in NOTCH3.