Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 469-476 , November 2000

Acute cardiac ischemia in patients with cocaine-associated complaints: Results of a multicenter trial

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, Denver, CO, May 1996, and American Federation of Medical Research East regional meeting, Boston, MA, October 1996.

  • James A. Feldman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine
    • ,
  • Susan S. Fish, PharmD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine
    • ,
  • Joni R. Beshansky, RN, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cardiovascular Health Services Research, Division of Clinical Care Research, Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
    • ,
  • John L. Griffith, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cardiovascular Health Services Research, Division of Clinical Care Research, Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine
    • ,
  • Robert H. Woolard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Boston, MA; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI.
    • ,
  • Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cardiovascular Health Services Research, Division of Clinical Care Research, Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine

Received 8 September 1999 ,Revised 11 July 2000 ,Accepted 21 August 2000.

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☆ Supported by Agency for Healthcare, Research and Quality grant No. R01 HS07360 and US Public Health Service General Clinical Research Center MO.LRR00533.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Harry P. Selker, MD, Division of Clinical Care Research, Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, #63, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111; 617-636-5009, fax,617-636-8023; E-mail HSelker@Lifespan.org.

PII: S0196-0644(00)03771-9

doi: 10.1067/mem.2000.110994

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 469-476 , November 2000

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