Multivariate Analysis and Outcomes in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; from Statistics to Cath Lab - European Medical Journal

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Multivariate Analysis and Outcomes in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; from Statistics to Cath Lab

Interventional Cardiology
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Authors:
Fabrizio D’Ascenzo,1 Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai,2 Erika Cavallero,1 Pierluigi Omedè,1 Davide Giacomo Presutti,1 Filippo Sciuto,1 Enrico Cerrato,1 Flavia Ballocca,1 Marta Bisi,1 Giorgio Quadri,1 Ilaria Meynet,1 Umberto Barbero,1 Silvia Vicentini,1 Mauro Gasparini,3 Pierfrancesco Agostoni,4 Davide Capodanno,5 Claudio Moretti,1 Fiorenzo Gaita1

1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Turin, Italy
2. Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
3. Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
4. Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
5. Division of Cardiology, University of Catania, Italy

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Citation:
EMJ Int Cardiol. ;1[1]:76-79. DOI/10.33590/emjintcardiol/10313447. https://doi.org/10.33590/emjintcardiol/10313447.
Keywords:
Multivariate analysis, PCI, stent

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Abstract

High quality randomised clinical trials (RCTs) and meta-analysis represent the highest levels of evidence, but in everyday clinical practice, observational studies are often exploited as a quick and easy way to understand the performance of clinical and interventional strategies. In this setting, multivariate analyses are exploited to drive useful and independent information, but due to potentially confounding messages, should be critically appraised and used in everyday clinical practice.

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