Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 17-25, July 2009

An Analysis of the Association of Society of Chest Pain Centers Accreditation to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Non–ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Guideline Adherence

  • Abhinav Chandra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Abhinav Chandra, MD, DUMC Box 3096, Durham, NC 27710; 919-416-8201, fax 919-681-8521
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  • Seth W. Glickman, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Fang-Shu Ou, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • W. Frank Peacock, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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  • James K. McCord, MD

      Affiliations

    • Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Detroit, MI
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  • Charles B. Cairns, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • E. Magnus Ohman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • W. Brian Gibler, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Matthew T. Roe, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC

Received 4 August 2008; received in revised form 19 December 2008 and 12 January 2009; accepted 26 January 2009. published online 13 March 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Keith A. Marill, MD

 Author contributions: AC was responsible for study conception and design and drafting of the article. F-SO was responsible for analysis and interpretation of data. AC, SWG, F-SO, WFP, JKM, CBC, EDP, EMO, WBG, and MTR revised article critically for important intellectual content. AC, SWG, F-SO, WFP, JKM, CBC, EDP, EMO, WBG, and MTR were responsible for final approval of the submitted article. AC takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. CRUSADE is funded by the Schering-Plough Corporation. Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals Partnership provides additional funding support. Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., also funded this work. WFP and JKM are directly involved with the Society of Chest Pain Centers. No other conflict of interest exists as related to the topic of this manuscript.

 Publication date: Available online March 12, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00105-X

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.01.025

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 17-25, July 2009

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