The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 40-46 , January 2007

A Comparison of Acute Coronary Syndrome Care at Academic and Nonacademic Hospitals

  • Manesh R. Patel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Anita Y. Chen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Matthew T. Roe, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Robert A. Harrington, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Sydney C. Smith Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
    • ,
  • W. Brian Gibler, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • ,
  • James E. Calvin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.
    • ,
  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, P.O. Box 17969, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27705.

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 CRUSADE is a National Quality Improvement Initiative of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. CRUSADE is funded by the Schering-Plough Corporation. The Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership provides additional funding support. Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. also funded this research.

PII: S0002-9343(06)01254-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.10.008

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 40-46 , January 2007

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