Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 431-433 , May 2010

Catheterization Laboratory Activation: More About the Drawing Than the Balloons

  • Deborah B. Diercks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California–Davis, Sacramento, CA
    • ,
  • Judd E. Hollander, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Judd E. Hollander, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Ground Floor, Ravdin Building, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283

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 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, MD

 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. Dr. Hollander has research funding from Biosite/Inverness; Brahms; Nanosphere; Siemens; National Institute of Health; and Pennsylvania Department of Health. He is on the Sanofi-Aventis speaker bureau. Dr. Diercks is a member of the Western States Affiliate STEMI Mission Lifeline Task Force.

 Dr. Callaham was the supervising editor on this article. Dr. Hollander did not participate in the editorial review or decision to publish this article.

 Publication date: Available online February 8, 2010.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01838-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.12.018

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 431-433 , May 2010

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