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ISCHEMIA trial: The long-awaited evidence to confirm our prejudices

Carlos Cortés1, Thomas W. Johnson2, Sigmund Silber3, Piotr P. Buszman4, Tudor C. Poerner5, Francesco Lavarra6, Borja Ibáñez789, Yongcheol Kim10, Karl Mischke11, Miłosz Jaguszewski12, Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico13
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2020.0109
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Cardiol J 2020;27(4):336-341.
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  1. San Pedro Hospital, Logroño, Spain
  2. Department of Cardiology, Bristol Heart Instittute, Bristol, United Kingdom
  3. Cardiology Practice, München, Germany
  4. Cardiology Department, Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski Kraków University, American Heart of Poland, Bielsko Biała, Poland
  5. Marienhospital, Aachen, Germany
  6. Jilin Heart Hospital, Changchun, China
  7. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
  8. Department of Cardiology, IIS-Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz — Quironsalud, Madrid, Spain
  9. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain
  10. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  11. Leopoldina hospital Schweinfurt, Gustav- Adolf- Str. 8, Germany
  12. 1st Department of Cardiology Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
  13. Cardio Care Heart Centre, Ventura del Mar 11, 29660 Marbella, Spain

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Vol 27, No 4 (2020)
Editorial
Submitted: 2020-07-28
Accepted: 2020-07-29
Published online: 2020-09-10

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ISCHEMIA trial: The long-awaited evidence to confirm our prejudices

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Cardiology Journal

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Vol 27, No 4 (2020)

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Editorial

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336-341

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2020-09-10

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10.5603/CJ.2020.0109

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32929701

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Cardiol J 2020;27(4):336-341.

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Carlos Cortés
Thomas W. Johnson
Sigmund Silber
Piotr P. Buszman
Tudor C. Poerner
Francesco Lavarra
Borja Ibáñez
Yongcheol Kim
Karl Mischke
Miłosz Jaguszewski
Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico

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