View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 35, No. 4, 2000 © 2000 by the American College of Cardiology ISSN 0735-1097/00/$20.00 Published by Elsevier Science Inc. PII S0735-1097(99)00656-7 31st Bethesda Conference Emergency Cardiac Care (1999) September 13–14, 1999 Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 35, No. 4, 2000 © 2000 by the American College of Cardiology ISSN 0735-1097/00/$20.00 Published by Elsevier Science Inc. PII S0735-1097(99)00656-7 BETHESDA CONFERENCE REPORT 31st Bethesda Conference: Emergency Cardiac Care (1999)* Gordon A. Ewy, MD, FACC, Conference Co-Chair Joseph P. Ornato, MD, FACC, FACEP, Conference Co-Chair This Conference, sponsored by the American College of Cardiology, was held at the Heart House, Bethesda, Maryland, September 13–14, 1999. Participants NORMAN S. ABRAMSON, MD CHARLES F. BABBS, MD, PHD D. BRUCE BURLINGTON, MD Professor of Emergency Medicine Associate Research Scholar Senior Vice President University of Pittsburgh Department of Basic Medical Sciences Wyeth-Ayerst Research P.O. Box 81778 Room G170A 145 King of Prussia Road 302 Schenley Road 1246 Lynn Hall Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217 Purdue University Wyeth-Ayerst Research West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1246 DAVID BUSH, MD, FACC Associate Professor SUSAN ALPERT, MD, PHD RAYMOND D. BAHR, MD, FACC, FACP Johns Hopkins University Director, Office of Device Evaluation Medical Director Division of Cardiology Center for Devices & Radiological Health The Paul Dudley White Coronary Care System 4940 Eastern Avenue Food and Drug Administration St. Agnes HealthCare Baltimore, Maryland 21224 9200 Corporate Boulevard 900 Caton Avenue Association of Black Cardiologists Rockville, Maryland 20850 Baltimore, Maryland 21229 NISHA CHANDRA-STROBOS, MD LANCE BECKER, MD Professor of Medicine EZRA A. AMSTERDAM, MD, FACC Section of Emergency Medicine Division of Cardiology Professor, Internal Medicine University of Chicago Hospitals Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Centre Director, Cardiac Care Unit 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC5068 4940 Eastern Avenue Cardiology, Ellison Building Chicago, Illinois 60637 Baltimore, Maryland 21224 University of California at Davis Medical Center Stockton Boulevard LEONARD A. COBB, MD, FACC Sacramento, California 95817 GEORGE A. BELLER, MD, FACC Professor Emeritus of Medicine Chief, Cardiovascular Division Harborview Medical Center University of Virginia, Box 158 325 9th Avenue, Box 359748 Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 Seattle, Washington 98104-2499 JAMES M. ATKINS, MD, FACC Keynote Speaker Professor of Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwest Medical Center ROBERT A. BERG, MD WYATT W. DECKER, MD at Dallas Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) Senior Associate Consultant 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard University of Arizona College of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Dallas, Texas 75235-8890 Department of Pediatrics 1501 N. Campbell Avenue Mayo Clinic Tucson, Arizona 85724 200 First Street, SW Rochester, Minnesota 55905 TOM P. AUFDERHEIDE, MD, FACEP American College of Emergency Physicians Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine MICHELLE H. BIROS, MS, MD Department of Emergency Medicine Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine JOHN P. DIMARCO, MD, PHD, FACC 9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue Department of Emergency Medicine Associate Director, Cardiovascular Division FMLH–East Hennepin County Medical Center Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 701 Park Avenue, South University of Virginia Health System #158 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 *This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees on February 18, 2000. This report does not represent or imply endorsement of other organizations represented at this Conference. Address for reprints: American College of Cardiology, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Attention: Resource Center (800-253-4636 ext. 694). JACC Vol. 35, No. 4, 2000 Ewy and Ornato 827 March 15, 2000:825–80 31st Bethesda Conference Participants EZEKIEL EMANUEL, MD, PHD MARY M. HAND, MSPH, RN THOMAS H. LEE, MD, SM, FACC Chief, Department of Bioethics Coordinator, National Heart Attack Alert Medical Director National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center Program Associate Professor of Medicine 10 Center Drive Office of Prevention, Education and Control Harvard Medical School Building 10, Room 1C118 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Partners Community Health Center, Inc. Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1156 National Institutes of Health Building 31, Prudential Tower, Suite 1150 Room 4A16 800 Boylston Street GORDON A. EWY, MD, FACC 31 Center Drive, MSC 2480 Boston, Massachusetts 02199-8001 Director, University Heart Center Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2480 Professor and Chief, Section of Cardiology National Heart Attack Alert Program University of Arizona College of Medicine MARTIN M. LEWINTER, MD, FACC 1501 North Campbell Avenue Professor of Medicine Tucson, Arizona 85724 MARY FRAN HAZINSKI, RN, MSN Chief, Cardiology Unit Conference Co-Chair 7272 Greenville Avenue University of Vermont Dallas, Texas 75230 Cardiology Unit MICHAEL A. FIFER, MD, FACC American Heart Association Fletcher Allen Health Care Associate Professor of Medicine MCHV Campus Harvard Medical School 111 Colchester Avenue Director, Coronary Care Unit ADOLPH M. HUTTER, JR., MD, MACC Burlington, Vermont 05401 Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor Harvard Medical School Cardiac Unit, WACC-4, Suite 478 RUSSELL V. LUEPKER, MD, FACC Massachusetts General Hospital 15 Parkman Street University of Minnesota 15 Parkman Street Boston, Massachusetts 02114 Division of Epidemiology Suite 467, ACC Building School of Public Health KATHYRN M. GARRY, RN, BSN, CEN Boston, Massachusetts 02114 1300 S. Second Street, Suite 300 302 Windfern Court Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454-1015 Millersville, Maryland 21108 Emergency Nurses Association ALLAN S. JAFFE, MD, FACC Professor of Medicine KEITH G. LURIE, MD W. BRIAN GIBLER, MD Senior Associate Consultant Assistant Professor of Medicine Richard C. Levy Professor of Emergency Mayo Medical School Cardiovascular Division Medicine 200 First Street, SW University of Minnesota Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine Rochester, Minnesota 55905 School of Medicine Director, Center for Emergency Care Box 508, AHC/Mayo Clinic University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 420 Delaware Street SE 231 Bethesda Avenue RICHARD E. KERBER, MD, FACC Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0769 Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine PAUL W. GOEBEL, JR. University of Iowa Hospital JAMES K. MCCORD, MD Associate Director for Human Subject 200 Hawkins Drive Cardiology Director, Chest Pain Unit Protection Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Henry Ford Hospital and Medical Center Division of Scientific Investigation Cardiology K-14 Office of Medical Policy 2799 West Grand Boulevard Center for Drug Evaluation and Research KARL B. KERN, MD, FACC Detroit, Michigan 48202-2689 Room 15-22 Professor of Medicine Society of Chest Pain Centers and Providers 5600 Fishers Lane University of Arizona College of Medicine Rockville, Maryland 20857 Section of Cardiology MARY BETH MICHOS, RN 1501 N. Campbell Avenue Chief, Prince William Co. Department of Fire LEE A. GREEN, MD, MPH Tucson, Arizona 85715 Assistant Chair and Rescue Department of Family Practice One County Complex Court University of Michigan Medical School SPENCER B. KING III, MD, MACC Prince William, Virginia 22192 1018 Fuller Road Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) International Association of Fire Chiefs Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0708 Director of Interventional Cardiology American Academy of Family Physicians Emory University Hospital L. KRISTIN NEWBY, MD, FACC 1364 Clifton Road NE, F606 Assistant Professor of Medicine WILLIAM J. GROH, MD, FACC Atlanta, Georgia 30322 Director, Chest Pain Unit Assistant Professor of Medicine P.O. Box 17969 Krannert Institute of Cardiology Duke Clinical Research Institute 1111 W. 10th Street, 316 PETER J. KUDENCHUK, MD, FACC, FACP Durham, North Carolina 27715-7969 Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-4800 Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Arrhythmia Services HENRY HALPERIN, MD, MA Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology GRAHAM NICHOL, MD, MPH, FRCP Associate Professor Fellowship Program Clinical Epidemiology Medicine and Biomedical Engineering University of Washington The Ottawa Hospital Johns Hopkins Hospital, Blalock 524 Box 356422 1053 Carling Avenue 600 N. Wolfe Street 1959 NE Pacific Street, HSB AA-121 Ottawa, Ontario Baltimore, Maryland 21287 Seattle, Washington 98195-6422 K1Y4E9 Canada 828 Ewy and Ornato JACC Vol. 35, No. 4, 2000 31st Bethesda Conference Participants March 15, 2000:825–80 ROBERT O’CONNOR, MD JERRY POTTS, PHD ROBERT A. VOGEL, MD, FACC Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Director of Science Herbert Berger Professor of Medicine Christiana Care Health System Emergency Cardiovascular Care Programs Head, Division of Cardiology 4755 Ogletown Stanton Road American Heart Association Room S3B06 P.O. Box 6001, Room 1876 7272 Greenville Avenue University of Maryland Hospital Newark, Delaware 19718 Dallas, Texas 75230 22 South Greene Street National Association of EMS Physicians American Heart Association Baltimore, Maryland 21201 MAGNUS OHMAN, MD, FACC GUY S. REEDER, MD, FACC W. DOUGLAS WEAVER, MD, FACC Associate Professor