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ACC/AHA 2008 Performance Measures for Adults With ST-Elevation and NonST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures for ST-Elevation and NonST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Developed in Collaboration With the American Academy of Family Physiciansand American College of Emergency Physicians Endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Hospital Medicine Harlan M. Krumholz, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Brian L. Bachelder, Francis M. Fesmire, Stephan D. Fihn, JoAnne M. Foody, P. Michael Ho, Mikhail N. Kosiborod, Frederick A. Masoudi, andBrahmajee K. Nallamothu J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2008;52;2046-2099; originally published online Nov 10, 2008; doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2008.10.012

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PERFORMANCE MEASURES

ACC/AHA 2008 Performance Measures for Adults With ST-Elevation and Non–ST-ElevationMyocardial Infarction
A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures for ST-Elevation and Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction)

Developed in Collaboration With the American Academy of Family Physicians and American College of Emergency Physicians Endorsed by the AmericanAssociation of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Hospital Medicine
WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair; Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, FACC, FAHA*; Brian L. Bachelder, MD, FAAFP*†; Francis M. Fesmire, MD, FACEP‡; Stephan D. Fihn, MD, MPH, FACP§; JoAnne M. Foody, MD, FACC, FAHA; P. Michael Ho, MD,PhD, FACC; Mikhail N. Kosiborod, MD, FACC ; Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH, FACC¶; Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, MD, MPH, FACC ACC/AHA TASK FORCE ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH, FACC, Chair; Robert O. Bonow, MD, MACC, FAHA#; Elizabeth DeLong, PhD; N.A. Mark Estes III, MD, FACC, FAHA; David C. Goff, Jr, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACP; Kathleen Grady, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN; Lee A. Green, MD,MPH; Ann Loth, RN, MS, CNS; Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA; Martha J. Radford, MD, FACC, FAHA; John S. Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA; David M. Shahian, MD, FACC

*Recused from voting on measures 4 and T-9. †American Academy of Family Physicians representative. ‡American College of Emergency Physicians representative. §American College of Physicians representative. Recused from voting onmeasure T-9. ¶ACC/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures liaison. #Former Task Force Chair during this writing effort. This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in September 2008 and the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in October 2008. The American College of Cardiology Foundation requests that this document be cited asfollows: Krumholz HM, Anderson JL, Bachelder BL, Fesmire FM, Fihn SD, Foody JM, Ho PM, Kosiborod MN, Masoudi FM, Nallamothu BK. ACC/AHA 2008 performance measures for adults with ST-elevation and non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures for...