Editorial: The STICH trial: Evidence-based conclusions

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1028-1030

  Rouleau, Jean L ^a   Michler, Robert E ^b   Velazquez, Eric J ^c   Oh, Jae K ^d   O'Connor, Christopher M ^c   Desvigne Nickens, Patrice ^e   Sopko, George ^e   Lee, Kerry L ^e   Jones, Robert H ^c  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVASCULARIZATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; NOTE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; TIME;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 77957244028     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq140     Document Type: Editorial

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