AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
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See: Heart disease  American Heart Association

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
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Supporters of the American College of Cardiology gain recognition through their Industry Alliance Awards program.
Recipients of the 2002 ACCF Industry Alliance Awards include:

Diamond Heart Award ($750,000 and above)
• Pfizer

Platinum Heart Award ($500,000 - $749,999)
• AstraZeneca
• Merck

Gold Heart Award ($250,000 - $499,999)
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company/Medical Imaging
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Silver Heart Award ($100,000 - $249,999)
• Boston Scientific Corporation
• Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership
• Genentech, Inc.
• Medtronic, Inc.
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
• Philips Medical Systems, Inc.

Bronze Heart Award ($10,000 - $99,999)
• Abbott Laboratories
• Acuson, A Siemens Company
• Amersham Health
• Biosound Esaote, Inc.
• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Bracco Diagnostics Inc.
• Centocor, Inc.
• Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson company
• Datascope Corporation
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.
• GE Medical Systems
• Guidant Corporation
• JOMED
• Kos Pharmaceuticals
• Mallinckrodt Inc.
• Monarch Pharmaceuticals
• Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
• Pharmacia Corporation
• Scios Inc.
• Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.
• Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Specialty Laboratories
• St. Jude Medical, Inc.
• The Queen’s Medical Center, Heart Institute
• Thermo Cardiosystems, Inc.
• 3M Pharmaceuticals
• Wyeth