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June 01, 2003; Volume 70,Issue 6
Adal, Karim A.
- You have accessStaphylococcus aureus bacteremia: Using echocardiography to guide length of therapyAlice I. Kim, MD, Karim A. Adal, MD and Steven K. Schmitt, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2003, 70 (6) 517-533;
Empiric long-term antibiotic therapy is no longer uniformly recommended for all cases of S aureus bacteremia, although experts disagree about the optimal length of therapy.
Aronow, Herbert D.
- You have accessThe Lescol Intervention Prevention Study (Lips)Adrian W. Messerli, MD, Herbert D. Aronow, MD, MPH and Dennis L. Sprecher, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2003, 70 (6) 561-566;
The trial showed a significant reduction in cardiac events in patients who received a statin drug immediately after a successful percutaneous coronary intervention. Currently, this is seldom done.