Patient Surveys 939 Staff 939 References 940 Key Words 941 Appendix A. Relevant Author Relationships With Industry and Other Entities 942 Writing Committee Members Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, Co-Chair*; Carl L. Tommaso, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, Co-Chair ; H. Vernon Anderson, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI*; Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, FACC, FAHA, MACP*; Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, MD ; R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA; Peter Louis Duffy, MD, MMM, FACC, FSCAI ; David P. Faxon, MD, FACC, FAHA*; Hitinder S. Gurm, MD, FACC; Lawrence A. Hamilton; Neil C. Jensen, MHA, MBA; Richard A. Josephson, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FAACVPR ; David J. Malenka, MD, FACC, FAHA*; Calin V. Maniu, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI ; Kevin W. McCabe, MD; James D. Mortimer; Manesh R. Patel, MD, FACC*; Stephen D. Persell, MD, MPH; John S. Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA||; Kendrick A. Shunk, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI*; Sidney C. Smith, Jr, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP ; Stephen J. Stanko, MBA, BA, AA#; Brook Watts, MD, MS ACC/AHA TASK FORCE ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, Chair; Paul A. Heidenreich, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, Chair-Elect; Nancy M. Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, FAHA; Paul S. Chan, MD, MSc, FACC; Lesley H. Curtis, PhD; T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, MD, FACC; Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA; Marjorie Funk, RN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN; P. Michael Ho, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA; Kathy J. Jenkins, MD, MPH, FACC; Sean O Brien, PhD; Paul D. Varosy, MD, FACC; Henry H. Ting, MD, MBA, FACC, FAHA Appendix B. 