American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 8 , Pages 1051-1055 , 15 April 2009

Door-to-Balloon Times in Hospitals Within the Get-With-The-Guidelines Registry After Initiation of the Door-to-Balloon (D2B) Alliance

  • Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 734-845-3054; fax: 734-214-0691
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  • Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Wenqin Pan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Elizabeth Bradley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Amy F. Stern, MHS

      Affiliations

    • National Quality Forum, Washington, DC
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  • Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
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  • David M. Janicke, MD

      Affiliations

    • State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York
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  • Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Christopher P. Cannon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Gregg C. Fonarow, MD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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  • D2B Alliance and the American Heart Association Get-With-The-Guidelines Investigators

Received 10 October 2008 ,Revised 21 December 2008 ,Accepted 21 December 2008.

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PII: S0002-9149(09)00037-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.12.030

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 8 , Pages 1051-1055 , 15 April 2009

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