Response by Cram et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Utilization of Advanced Cardiovascular Therapies in the United States and Canada: An Observational Study of New York and Ontario Administrative Data"

Peter Cram^{1

2

3}, Saket Girotra^{4

5}, John Matelski², Maria Koh³, Bruce Landon⁶, Lu Han³, Douglas S Lee^{1

7

3

8}, Dennis T Ko^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine (P.C., D.S.L., D.T.K.), University of Toronto, ON.
² Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, ON (P.C., J.M.).
³ ICES, Toronto, ON (P.C., M.K, L.H., D.S.L., D.T.K.).
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Iowa (S.G.).
⁵ Comprehensive Access Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center (S.G.).
⁶ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School and Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (B.L.).
⁷ Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (D.S.L.), University of Toronto, ON.
⁸ Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto, ON (D.S.L.).

Comment

Peter Cram et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;13(5):e006587.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.006587. Epub 2020 May 5.

Peter Cram^{1

2

3}, Saket Girotra^{4

5}, John Matelski², Maria Koh³, Bruce Landon⁶, Lu Han³, Douglas S Lee^{1

7

3

8}, Dennis T Ko^{1

3}

¹ Department of Medicine (P.C., D.S.L., D.T.K.), University of Toronto, ON.
² Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, ON (P.C., J.M.).
³ ICES, Toronto, ON (P.C., M.K, L.H., D.S.L., D.T.K.).
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Iowa (S.G.).
⁵ Comprehensive Access Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center (S.G.).
⁶ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School and Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (B.L.).
⁷ Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (D.S.L.), University of Toronto, ON.
⁸ Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto, ON (D.S.L.).

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Comment on

Utilization of Advanced Cardiovascular Therapies in the United States and Canada: An Observational Study of New York and Ontario Administrative Data.
Cram P, Girotra S, Matelski J, Koh M, Landon BE, Han L, Lee DS, Ko DT. Cram P, et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Jan;13(1):e006037. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.006037. Epub 2020 Jan 20. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020. PMID: 31957474 Free PMC article.
Letter by Salata et al Regarding Article, "Utilization of Advanced Cardiovascular Therapies in the United States and Canada: An Observational Study of New York and Ontario Administrative Data".
Salata K, Hussain MA, Al-Omran M. Salata K, et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 May;13(5):e006569. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.006569. Epub 2020 May 5. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020. PMID: 32366115 No abstract available.

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