Volume 21 - Issue 1 - January, 2009

Khalil A. Kaid, MD, Rajeev Gopinathapillai, MD, Fang Qian, MD, Madhu Salvaji, DO, Najam Wasty, MD, Marc Cohen, MD Author Affiliations: From the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey.

The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted July 28, 2008, provisional acceptance given September 24, 2008, final version accepted October 22, 2008.

Address for correspondence: Khalil A. Kaid, MD, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, 201 Lyons Avenue, Newark NJ 07112. E-mail: drkaid@yahoo.com

^a,bCharles Maynard, PhD, ^cSunil V. Rao, MD, ^dMary Gregg, MD, MHA, ^aRichard C. Phillips, MD, MPH, ^dMark Reisman, MD, ^eEben Tucker, MD, ^eJ. Richard Goss, MD, MPH Author Affiliations: From the ^aDepartment of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, the ^bDepartment of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development, Seattle, ^cDuke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, ^dSwedish Health Services Seattle, and the ^eDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

This study was supported by the Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program, Foundation for Health Care Quality, Seattle, Washington.

The authors report no conflicts of interest. Manuscript submitted August 29, 2008, provisional acceptance given October 28, 2008, final version accepted November 3, 2008.

Address for correspondence: Charles Maynard, PhD, 1100 Olive Way, Suite 1400, Seattle, WA 98104. E-mail: cmaynard@u.washington.edu