Applicability of the IMPROVE-IT trial to current patients with Acute coronary syndrome: An NCDR research to practice project

Authors

Thomas M. Maddox, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver
Fengming Tang, Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
John R. Downs, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio
Frederick A. Masoudi, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver
Salim S. Virani, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TexasFollow
Stacie L. Daugherty, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver
John S. Rumsfeld, American College of Cardiology, Washington DC

Document Type

Article

Department

Cardiology

Abstract

This study examines the proportion of current patients with acute coronary syndrome in the American College of Cardiology practice innovation and clinical excellence ambulatory cardiology practice registry that would have qualified for the IMPROVE-IT trial, and how their characteristics compared with trial participants

Comments

This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

Publication (Name of Journal)

JAMA Internal Medicine

Recommended Citation

Maddox, T. M., Tang, F., Downs, J. R., Masoudi, F. A., Virani, S. S., Daugherty, S. L., Rumsfeld, J. S. (2017). Applicability of the IMPROVE-IT trial to current patients with Acute coronary syndrome: An NCDR research to practice project. JAMA Internal Medicine, 177(6), 887-889.
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