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In vivo uptake of azithromycin in human coronary plaques
C A Schneider1, H Diedrichs, K D Riedel
1Klinik III für Innere Medizin, Universität zu Köln, Germany. christian.schneider@medizin.uni-koeln.de
The American Journal of Cardiology
|October 6, 2000
Abstract:
Ten patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease received oral azithromycin for 3 days and underwent directional atherectomy on the third day. Azithromycin was found in all plaque samples with a median concentration of 284 ng/ml (95% confidence interval 163 to 517 ng/ml).