The Atlantic C-PORT
The Atlantic Cardiovascular Patient Outcomes Research Team

Welcome to the Atlantic C-PORT web site. 

Here you will find information related to a number of C-PORT projects including:

• a completed randomized trial comparing primary PCI and thrombolytic therapy for treatment of    STEMI at hospitals without co-located cardiac surgery
   
• the on-going registry of patients undergoing primary PCI for STEMI at hospitals without on-site     cardiac surgery
   
• a randomized trial comparing outcomes of elective PCI at hospitals with and without on-site    cardiac surgery ("C-PORT E" Trial)
   
• the Patient Initiated Emergency Response System (PIERS). 

You will also find links to related news items, links to the Maryland Medical Research Institute, MMRI, which serves as the data coordinating center for the C-PORT trial, the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) which serves as the coordinating center for the economics study within C-PORT E, a forum for discussion and links to other interesting cardiovascular sites.

The Atlantic C-PORT is a network of physician and nurse cardiovascular specialists, health care economists, quality of life researchers, clinical trial specialists, hospital administrators, and government health care policymakers and regulators.

The Atlantic C-PORT designs, develops and implements community-based, clinical trials in the area of cardiovascular medicine. 

C-PORT trials are characterized by

• a wide range of hospital types involved including academic, tertiary and community
• a wide range of practitioner styles including academic, hospital-based and office-based
• a patient population with varied demographic characteristics representative of the U.S. population that follows from the variety of participating hospitals and practices
• a comprehensive set of outcome measures including
  • medical
  • economic and
  • health-related quality of life
• an independent data coordinating center, the Maryland Medical Research Institute

The C-PORT has a decentralized structure. Participants can propose and run clinical trials from any of the affiliated institutions, including and using C-PORT components appropriate for their needs.

C-PORT Trials

The Atlantic C-PORT conducts clinical cardiovascular trials involving new treatments or diagnostic methods; studies must be of significant intellectual interest. Study outcomes must lead to significant new treatments or new diagnostic tools important in cardiac care. Comprehensive comparisons of alternative "standard" treatments are of interest to the C-PORT when outcomes of such a comparison have important implications for the treatment of heart disease or development of public policy.

Contact Information

To get in touch with the Atlantic C-PORT call, fax, write or e-mail us at the numbers and addresses listed below. C-PORT Medical Director Thomas Aversano, M.D. and C-PORT Nursing Director and Study Coordinator Cynthia Lemmon, R.N.  will be happy to speak with you and, if not available when you call, will return your call promptly.

Telephone

Dr. Aversano 410-550-9821 ......... Mrs. Lemmon 410-550-9818 .........Ms Statom 410-550-9821

 

FAX

410-550-9081

 

Postal address

Johns Hopkins Medical Insitutions
5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle
JHAAC 1B.40
Baltimore, Maryland 21224

 

Pager

410-283-3660 - Dr. Aversano      

 

 

Electronic mail

 

 taversan@jhmi.edu     - Dr. Aversano  

  clemmon2@jhmi.edu - Mrs. Lemmon

               dstatom1@jhmi.edu   - Ms. Statom

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Last modified:  07/06/2006