Hospital Medicine

Raed H. Abdelhadi, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Curtis M. Rimmerman, MD
Head, Section of Clinical Electrocardiography, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Curtis M. Rimmerman, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, F15, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, e-mail: [email protected]

Raed H. Abdelhadi, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Curtis M. Rimmerman, MD
Head, Section of Clinical Electrocardiography, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Curtis M. Rimmerman, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, F15, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, e-mail: [email protected]

Raed H. Abdelhadi, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Curtis M. Rimmerman, MD
Head, Section of Clinical Electrocardiography, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Curtis M. Rimmerman, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, F15, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, e-mail: [email protected]

Alice I. Kim, MD
Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic

Karim A. Adal, MD
Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic

Steven K. Schmitt, MD
Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Steven K. Schmitt, MD, Department of Infectious Disease, S32, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Alice I. Kim, MD
Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic

Karim A. Adal, MD
Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic

Steven K. Schmitt, MD
Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Steven K. Schmitt, MD, Department of Infectious Disease, S32, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Alice I. Kim, MD
Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic

Karim A. Adal, MD
Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic

Steven K. Schmitt, MD
Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Steven K. Schmitt, MD, Department of Infectious Disease, S32, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center; Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program; Co-Director, UCLA Preventive Cardiology Program; Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles

Address: Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, Ahmanson-University of California Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Division of Cardiology, 47-123 CHS, UCLA Medical Center, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679; e-mail: [email protected]

The author has indicated that he has received grant or research support from the Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Merck-Schering Plough, and Pfizer corporations, and that he serves as a consultant and is on the speakers’ bureaus of the same corporations.

Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center; Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program; Co-Director, UCLA Preventive Cardiology Program; Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles

Address: Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, Ahmanson-University of California Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Division of Cardiology, 47-123 CHS, UCLA Medical Center, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679; e-mail: [email protected]

The author has indicated that he has received grant or research support from the Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Merck-Schering Plough, and Pfizer corporations, and that he serves as a consultant and is on the speakers’ bureaus of the same corporations.

Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center; Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program; Co-Director, UCLA Preventive Cardiology Program; Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles

Address: Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, Ahmanson-University of California Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Division of Cardiology, 47-123 CHS, UCLA Medical Center, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679; e-mail: [email protected]

The author has indicated that he has received grant or research support from the Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Merck-Schering Plough, and Pfizer corporations, and that he serves as a consultant and is on the speakers’ bureaus of the same corporations.

Fernando Frutos-Vivar, MD
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain

Andrés Esteban, MD, PhD
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain

Address: Andrés Esteban, MD, PhD, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Carretera de Toledo km 12,500, 28905 Getafe, Madrid, Spain; e-mail: [email protected]

Fernando Frutos-Vivar, MD
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain

Andrés Esteban, MD, PhD
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain

Address: Andrés Esteban, MD, PhD, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Carretera de Toledo km 12,500, 28905 Getafe, Madrid, Spain; e-mail: [email protected]

Fernando Frutos-Vivar, MD
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain

Andrés Esteban, MD, PhD
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain

Address: Andrés Esteban, MD, PhD, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Carretera de Toledo km 12,500, 28905 Getafe, Madrid, Spain; e-mail: [email protected]

Roger M. Mills, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Roger M. Mills, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, F15, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail: [email protected]

Roger M. Mills, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Roger M. Mills, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, F15, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail: [email protected]

Roger M. Mills, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Roger M. Mills, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, F15, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail: [email protected]

Hassan W. Nemeh, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

Nicholas G. Smedira, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Hassan W. Nemeh, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Building 110, Room 6237, Maywood, IL 60153; e-mail: [email protected]

This paper discusses therapies that are experimental or that are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.

Hassan W. Nemeh, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

Nicholas G. Smedira, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Hassan W. Nemeh, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Building 110, Room 6237, Maywood, IL 60153; e-mail: [email protected]

This paper discusses therapies that are experimental or that are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.

Hassan W. Nemeh, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

Nicholas G. Smedira, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Hassan W. Nemeh, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Building 110, Room 6237, Maywood, IL 60153; e-mail: [email protected]

This paper discusses therapies that are experimental or that are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.

William C. Cook, DO
Department of Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Jeffrey Chapman, MD
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Jeffrey Chapman, MD, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, A90, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

William C. Cook, DO
Department of Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Jeffrey Chapman, MD
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Jeffrey Chapman, MD, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, A90, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

William C. Cook, DO
Department of Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Jeffrey Chapman, MD
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Jeffrey Chapman, MD, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, A90, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Teresa L. Carman, MD
Section of Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Steven R. Deitcher, MD
Director, Clinical Thrombosis and Vascular Research, Section of Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Head, Section of Hematology and Coagulation Medicine, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Steven R. Deitcher, MD, Section of Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, S60, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Teresa L. Carman, MD
Section of Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Steven R. Deitcher, MD
Director, Clinical Thrombosis and Vascular Research, Section of Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Head, Section of Hematology and Coagulation Medicine, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Steven R. Deitcher, MD, Section of Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, S60, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Teresa L. Carman, MD
Section of Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Steven R. Deitcher, MD
Director, Clinical Thrombosis and Vascular Research, Section of Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Head, Section of Hematology and Coagulation Medicine, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Steven R. Deitcher, MD, Section of Vascular Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, S60, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Joseph V. Nally, Jr., MD
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Joseph V. Nally, Jr., MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Joseph V. Nally, Jr., MD
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Joseph V. Nally, Jr., MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Joseph V. Nally, Jr., MD
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Joseph V. Nally, Jr., MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.