American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 8 , Pages 1083-1089, 15 April 2010

Disparities in Management Patterns and Outcomes of Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome With and Without a History of Cerebrovascular Disease

  • Tony C. Lee, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Shaun G. Goodman, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (416) 864-5465; fax: (416) 864-5159
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  • Raymond T. Yan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Francois R. Grondin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Lévis, Quebec, Canada
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  • Robert C. Welsh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mazankowksi Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Barry Rose, MD

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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  • Gabor Gyenes, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Rodney H. Zimmerman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Regina General Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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  • Real Brossoit, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier de Granby, Granby, Quebec, Canada
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  • Gustavo Saposnik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stroke Research Unit and Stroke Outcome Research Canada (SORCan), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • John J. Graham, MD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (416) 864-5465; fax: (416) 864-5159
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  • Canadian Acute Coronary Syndromes I and II, Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE/GRACE2) and the Canadian Registry of Acute Coronary Events (CANRACE) Investigators

Received 23 September 2009; received in revised form 3 December 2009; accepted 3 December 2009. published online 22 February 2010.

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 Dr. Yan was supported by a New Investigator Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian ACS registries were sponsored by the Canadian Heart Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a federally incorporated not-for-profit academic research organization) and Key Pharmaceuticals, Division of Schering Canada, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. GRACE and CANRACE were sponsored by an unrestricted grant from Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc., Laval, Quebec, Canada and Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

 The industrial sponsors had no involvement in the study conception or design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing, review, or approval of the report; or the decision to submit the report for publication.

PII: S0002-9149(09)02833-1

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.005

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 8 , Pages 1083-1089, 15 April 2010

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