Do We Need Independent Data Monitoring Boards and Adaptive Designs for Diagnostic Outcome Trials?

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¹ University Hospital of Wales, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: fraserag@cf.ac.uk.
² University Hospital of Wales, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

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Alan G Fraser et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Aug.

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. 2018 Aug;11(8):1119-1121.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.04.023. Epub 2018 May 16.

¹ University Hospital of Wales, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: fraserag@cf.ac.uk.
² University Hospital of Wales, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

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