Gap between clinical trials and clinical practice: Lessons from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI)

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1837-1839

  Frye, Robert L ^a   Brooks, Maria Mori ^b   Nesto, Richard W ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bypass; Diabetes mellitus; Editorials; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MOTIVATION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037446560     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000066419.24566.28     Document Type: Editorial

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