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Article: Reporters' Notebook; Behind the news with Crain's writers.(Cleveland Clinic Health System survey of emergency room doctors.)(Daniel L. Ekelman has died of cancer.)(Center for Community Solutions study shows Ohio's job growth has trailed the national average for months.)(Obituary)
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- Crain's Cleveland Business
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- October 30, 2006
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Definitely take this matter to heart
* Think you're in the best hands when you go to the hospital for heart attack treatments? Think again.
A new study by the Cleveland Clinic shows many emergency room doctors - and even cardiologists - are not familiar with the most recent guidelines to treat heart attack patients. Dr. W. Frank Peacock, vice chairman of the Clinic's Department of Emergency Medicine, presented his findings two weeks ago at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly in New Orleans.
Of 1,014 cardiologists and emergency room physicians surveyed nationally, 24% were not familiar with treatment guidelines ...