Open AccessSome Clinical Trials Get No Respect
Author(s) -
Richard Conti C.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.20613
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical trial , conventional pci , randomized controlled trial , revascularization , coronary artery bypass surgery , stent , medline , intensive care medicine , surgery , artery , myocardial infarction , political science , law
There is something to be learned from every randomized clinical trial. However, because of physician bias and/or misinterpretation by the cardiovascular community and by the lay press, some trials seem to generate a lot of heat before they generate light. This is particularly true for trials comparing medical therapy to revascularization, (eg, PCI/stent or coronary artery bypass surgery). Copyright © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.