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CRUSADE
CRUSADE Quality Improvement Initiative

Launched in 2001, CRUSADE is a national quality improvement initiative, designed to increase the practice of evidence-based medicine for patients diagnosed with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS) (i.e., unstable angina or NSTE myocardial infarction).

Through a continuous cycle of data collection, performance feedback and quality improvement interventions, over 500 participating sites in the US are consistently improving the standard of care for patients with NSTE ACS. Because of the dedication of the participating hospitals to this mission, over 200,000 cases have been submitted to the CRUSADE database. For more information visit the CRUSADE website.

In 2007, a milestone occurred. Duke Clinical Research Institute and its CRUSADE leadership joined forces with the American College of Cardiology Foundation's National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR™) to launch a new initiative to improve the safety and outcomes for patients with ACS through the development of NCDR-ACTION™. This initiative will combine the data collection and quality reporting features of two leading national ACS registries to create the largest and most comprehensive national cardiovascular patient database ever developed. For more information visit the NCDR-ACTION Registry™ visit the website or call 800-257-4737 for more information.



W. Brian Gibler, MD, Chairman
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio


V. Anantharaman, MD
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore


Tom P. Aufderheide, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin


Roberto R. Bassan, MD
Pro-Cardiaco Hospital
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Andra L. Blomkalns, MD
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio


Gerald X. Brogan, MD, FACEP
North Shore University Hospital
Plainview, New York


David F. M. Brown, MD, FACEP
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts


Charles B. Cairns, MD
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Durham, North Carolina


Douglas M. Char, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri


Sean P. Collins, MD
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio


Herman H. Delooz, MD, PhD
University Hospital Gasthuisberg
Leuven, Belgium


Deborah B. Diercks, MD
U.C. Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California


Gregory J. Fermann, MD
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio


Francis M. Fesmire, MD
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, Tennessee


J. Lee Garvey, MD
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, North Carolina


Gary B. Green, MD, MPH
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland


Jin H. Han, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee


Katherine L. Heilpern, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Geogia


James W. Hoekstra, MD
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, North Carolina


Judd E. Hollander, MD
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Brian R. Holroyd, MD
University of Alberta Hospitals
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


Shingo Hori, MD
Keio University
Tokyo, Japan



Gunnar Öhlén, MD, PhD
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden


Edward C. Jauch, MD, MS
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio


Ray E. Jackson, MD
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI


J. Douglas Kirk, MD
U.C. Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California


Christopher R. Lindsell, PhD
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio


Chad V. Miller, MD
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC


Richard M. Nowak, MD
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI


Masatoshi Oba, MD, PhD
Furukawa City Hospital
Japan


Brian O'Neil, MD
William Beaumont Hospitals
Detroit, MI


Joseph P. Ornato, MD
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, VA


Arthur M. Pancioli, MD
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio


William F. Peacock, MD
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio


Charles V. Pollack, MA, MD
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Emanuel P. Rivers, MD, PhD
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI


Ivan C. Rokos, MD
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA


Francois P. Sarasin, MD
Hospital Cantonal
Geneva, Switzerland


Harry R. Severance, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC


Corey M. Slovis, MD
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee


Richard L. Summers, MD
University of Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi


Brian Tiffany, MD, PhD
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona


James E. Weber, MD
University of Michigan/Hurley Medical Center
Flint, Michigan





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15 May 2008
A recent NEJM article reports that cardiac troponin elevation is associated with increased in-hospital mortality in patients with acute decompensated heart failure
15 May 2008
Research suggestes that the use of multiple biomarkers of renal and cardiovascular abnormalities improves cardiovascular disease risk stratification.
13 May 2008
A study reports that STEMI patients with combined factors such as older age, female gender, Hispanic or Black race, and diabetes have much longer delays in STEMI presentation.
12 May 2008
Bleeding risk cut in half in ACS patients by switching from unfractionated heparin or low molecular weight heparin to bivalirudin.
9 May 2008
Researchers report that the additional patients diagnosed with MI rather than UA since the definition of MI was redefined have an even higher long-term mortality.
9 May 2008
Experts suggest that discrepancies in recommendations for optimal anticoagulation treatment in updated US and European ACS management guidelines are confusing for clinicians.
8 May 2008
Researchers report that "midregional" pro-atrial natriuretic peptide is a strong predictor of adverse outcome after AMI, and gives complementary information when combined with measurement of the prohormone of BNP.
7 May 2008
A study reports effective triage using a portable ultrasound device that can accurately screen emergency department patients with dyspnea for venous thromboembolism.
1 May 2008
Researchers in Israel propose that patients with transient ST-elevation myocardial infarction (TSTEMI) may benefit from immediate, intense medical therapy and an early invasive approach.
28 April 2008
Research suggests that monitoring levels of NT-proBNP is better than clinical assessment at predicting outcome in heart failure outpatients.
25 April 2008
Researchers test a new 15-minute rapid point-of-care D-dimer assay with diagnostic performance comparable to conventional laboratory D-dimer tests.
24 April 2008
The ACUITY data suggests ACS patients with diabetes are likely to have more ischemia and bleeding than other patients, but these adverse events can be minimized by bilvalirudin monotherapy
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