ISCHEMIA: A Search for clarity and why we may not find it

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: lmurthy@med.umich.edu.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Editorial

Venkatesh L Murthy et al. Am Heart J. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep:203:82-84.

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.03.031. Epub 2018 Jun 20.

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: lmurthy@med.umich.edu.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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Comment on

International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches (ISCHEMIA) trial: Rationale and design.
ISCHEMIA Trial Research Group; Maron DJ, Hochman JS, O'Brien SM, Reynolds HR, Boden WE, Stone GW, Bangalore S, Spertus JA, Mark DB, Alexander KP, Shaw L, Berger JS, Ferguson TB Jr, Williams DO, Harrington RA, Rosenberg Y. ISCHEMIA Trial Research Group, et al. Am Heart J. 2018 Jul;201:124-135. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.04.011. Epub 2018 Apr 21. Am Heart J. 2018. PMID: 29778671 Free PMC article. Review.

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