Repeat Revascularization Is a Faulty End Point for Clinical Trials
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Repeat revascularization is a faulty end point for clinical trials.
Coronary revascularization is performed to reduce myocardial ischemia and its sequelae of death, myocardial infarction, and anginal symptoms. A successful procedure increases the patient’s quality of life, length of life, or both. Clinical trials of coronary revascularization should measure these outcomes to assess progress toward the goals of therapy. Death is an important and unequivocal outc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1941-7713,1941-7705
DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.112.965764