American Heart Journal
Volume 152, Issue 4 , Pages 676-683, October 2006

Underuse of evidence-based treatment partly explains the worse clinical outcome in diabetic patients with acute coronary syndromes

  • Raymond T. Yan, MD, MASc

      Affiliations

    • Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, Division of Cardiology, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Andrew T. Yan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, Division of Cardiology, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Mary Tan, BSc

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    • Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Darren K. McGuire, MD

      Affiliations

    • Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Centre, Division of Cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, TX
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  • Lawrence Leiter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Division of Endocrinology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  • David H. Fitchett, MD

      Affiliations

    • Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, Division of Cardiology, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Claude Lauzon, MD

      Affiliations

    • CHRA, Division of Internal Medicine, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada
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  • Kevin Lai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Chi-Ming Chow, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, Division of Cardiology, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Anatoly Langer, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, Division of Cardiology, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Shaun G. Goodman, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, Division of Cardiology, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Shaun G. Goodman, MD, Division of Cardiology, St Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Room 6-034 Queen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8.
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  • for the Canadian Acute Coronary Syndrome Registry Investigators

Received 21 October 2005; accepted 3 April 2006. published online 04 July 2006.

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 This research was sponsored by the Canadian Heart Research Centre and Key Pharmaceuticals, Division of Schering Canada Inc. Drs Fitchett, Lauzon, Lai, Langer, and Goodman have received research grant support and speaker/consultant honoraria from Schering Canada Inc. Dr McGuire has received research grant support and speaker/consultant honoraria from Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Wyeth, Sanofi-Aventis, Guilford, and Takeda. Dr Andrew Yan is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship Award, the Canadian Heart Research Centre Fellowship, and the Detweiler Travelling Fellowship.

PII: S0002-8703(06)00322-X

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2006.04.002

American Heart Journal
Volume 152, Issue 4 , Pages 676-683, October 2006

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