Non-invasive cardiac assessment in high risk patients (The GROUND study): rationale, objectives and design of a multi-center randomized controlled clinical trial

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common disease associated with a considerably increased risk of future cardiovascular events and most of these patients will die from coronary artery disease (CAD). Screening for silent CAD has...

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Main Authors: Moll Frans L, van Es H Wouter, Cramer Maarten J, Rensing Benno J, Prokop Mathias, Mosterd Arend, Lubbers Daniel D, Mali Willem P, Buiskool Robert A, Dikkers Riksta, Bots Michiel L, van de Zaag-Loonen Hester J, Rutten Annemarieke, de Vos Alexander M, van de Pavoordt Eric D, Doevendans Pieter A, Velthuis Birgitta K, Mackaay Albert J, Zijlstra Felix, Oudkerk Matthijs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-08-01
Series:Trials
Online Access:http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/9/1/49