ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity

Bilateral Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickening in a Middle-Aged Woman

A middle-aged Hispanic woman presented for evaluation of an asymptomatic epiretinal membrane in the left eye. She had an ocular history of amblyopia in the left eye, a medical history significant for chronic neuropathy, ataxia, and myelopathy of unknown etiology,…

Drug-Coated Balloons for the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease – A Review

Importance  Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty has emerged as an alternative to drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) as well as de novo coronary artery disease. Observations  DCBs are balloons coated with antiproliferative…

Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease

This JAMA Insights discusses the evaluation and treatment of chronic kidney disease in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Bilateral Acute Optic Neuropathy in a Teenaged Girl

A 14-year old girl presents with sudden painless vision decline in the left eye for 5 days and reports constant fatigue, occasional dizziness, mild pain in the lower limbs, and intermittent claudication over the past 12 months with no history…