ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction)

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ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction)

WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS , Jeffrey L. Anderson MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair, Cynthia D. Adams RN, PhD, FAHA, Elliott M. Antman MD, FACC, FAHA, Charles R. Bridges ScD, MD, FACC, FAHA, Robert M. Califf MD, MACC, Donald E. Casey Jr MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, William E. Chavey II MD, MS, Francis M. Fesmire MD, FACEP, Judith S. Hochman MD, FACC, FAHA, Thomas N. Levin MD, FACC, FSCAI, A. Michael Lincoff MD, FACC, Eric D. Peterson MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, Pierre Theroux MD, FACC, FAHA, Nanette Kass Wenger MD, FACC, FAHA, R. Scott Wright MD, FACC, FAHA, ACC/AHA TASK FORCE MEMBERS , Sidney C. Smith Jr MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair, Alice K. Jacobs MD, FACC, FAHA, Vice-Chair, Cynthia D. Adams RN, PhD, FAHA, Jeffrey L. Anderson MD, FACC, FAHA, Elliott M. Antman MD, FACC, FAHA, Jonathan L. Halperin MD, FACC, FAHA, Sharon A. Hunt MD, FACC, FAHA, Harlan M. Krumholz MD, FACC, FAHA, Frederick G. Kushner MD, FACC, FAHA, Bruce W. Lytle MD, FACC, FAHA, Rick Nishimura MD, FACC, FAHA, Joseph P. Ornato MD, FACC, FAHA, Richard L. Page MD, FACC, FAHA, and Barbara Riegel DNSC, RN, FAHA

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