Higher-quality evidence needed before abandoning proven therapies: Comment

Graham R McClure¹, Emilie P Belley-Cote², Richard P Whitlock³

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¹ Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Division of Cardiac Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 29921089
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.02.079

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Higher-quality evidence needed before abandoning proven therapies: Comment

Graham R McClure et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul.

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. 2018 Jul;156(1):151.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.02.079.

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Graham R McClure¹, Emilie P Belley-Cote², Richard P Whitlock³

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¹ Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Division of Cardiac Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 29921089
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.02.079

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Providing equipoise in the management of patients after surgical ablation with the Cox-Maze IV.
Murashita T, Roberts HG, Wei LM, Rankin JS, Badhwar V. Murashita T, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul;156(1):152-153. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.02.049. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018. PMID: 29921090 No abstract available.

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Oral anticoagulation may not be necessary for patients discharged in sinus rhythm after the Cox Maze IV procedure.
Murashita T, Rankin JS, Wei LM, Roberts HG, Alkhouli MA, Badhwar V. Murashita T, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Mar;155(3):997-1006. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.10.142. Epub 2017 Dec 6. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018. PMID: 29274913

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