Repeat revascularization is a faulty end point for clinical trials

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-250

  Kazi, Dhruv S ^a   Hlatky, Mark A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RESTENOSIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84864624706     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.965764     Document Type: Editorial

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