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Published in: Netherlands Heart Journal 11/2013

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Main results of the ESC Congress 2013, Amsterdam: moving or standstill in cardiology?

Author: E. E. van der Wall

Published in: Netherlands Heart Journal | Issue 11/2013

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At the Congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2013, Amsterdam, many new trials were presented at the four Hot Line Sessions. Nine of these trials were simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In the Scientific Supplement of the Dutch daily newspaper, the NRC, it was put forward that seven out of the nine trials produced ‘negative’ results, leading to the general comment by the NRC that the scientific progress in cardiovascular medicine has halted: ‘there are no further successes to report in cardiology’ (NRC Weekend, September 7/8, W7). …
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Title
Main results of the ESC Congress 2013, Amsterdam: moving or standstill in cardiology?
Author
E. E. van der Wall
Publication date
01-11-2013
Publisher
Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
Published in
Netherlands Heart Journal / Issue 11/2013
Print ISSN: 1568-5888
Electronic ISSN: 1876-6250
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-013-0477-9

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