Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 121-128 , February 2002

Which patients with unstable angina or non-Q-wave myocardial infarction should have immediate cardiac catheterization? A clinical decision rule for predicting who will fail medical therapy

  • Daniel H. Solomon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Suite 341, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 617-278-0930; fax: 617-232-8602. E-mail address:(D.H. Solomon)
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  • David A. Ganz

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Suite 341, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Jerry Avorn

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Suite 341, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Robert J. Glynn

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Suite 341, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Eric L. Knight

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Suite 341, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • C.Michael Gibson

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Peter H. Stone

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Suite 341, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Received 16 March 2001 ,Revised 13 July 2001 ,Accepted 24 July 2001.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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