American Heart Journal
Volume 152, Issue 1 , Pages 110-117 , July 2006

Clinical characteristics, process of care, and outcomes of Hispanic patients presenting with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: Results from Can Rapid risk stratification of Unstable angina patients Suppress ADverse outcomes with Early implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE)

  • Mauricio G. Cohen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, 130 Mason Farm Road, CB #7075, Bioinformatics Building, Suite 4128, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7075.
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  • Matthew T. Roe, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Jyotsna Mulgund, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Ali F. Sonel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pittsburgh VA Health System and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Venu Menon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Sidney C. Smith Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Jorge F. Saucedo, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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  • Barbara L. Lytle, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
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  • Charles V. Pollack Jr, MD, MA

      Affiliations

    • Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Luis Garza, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
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  • W. Brian Gibler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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  • E. Magnus Ohman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Received 29 June 2005 ,Accepted 7 September 2005.

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 CRUSADE is a National Quality Improvement Initiative of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. CRUSADE is funded by Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Cambridge, Mass, and Schering Corporation, Kenilworth, NJ. Bristol-Myers Squibb (Plainsboro, NJ)/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals (New York, NY) Partnership provides additional support.

 Guest editor of this manuscript is Morton J. Kern, MD.

PII: S0002-8703(05)00848-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.09.003

American Heart Journal
Volume 152, Issue 1 , Pages 110-117 , July 2006

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