American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 4 , Pages 609-614, April 2008

Drug-eluting or bare-metal stents for large coronary vessel stenting? The BASKET-PROVE (PROspective Validation Examination) trial: Study protocol and design

  • Matthias Pfisterer, MD, FACC, FESC, FAHA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Matthias Pfisterer, MD, FACC, FESC, FAHA, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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  • Osmund Bertel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Im Park Hospital, Zuerich, Switzerland
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  • Piero O. Bonetti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, State Hospital, Chur, Switzerland
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  • Hans Peter Brunner-La Rocca, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Franz R. Eberli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Triemli Hospital, Zuerich, Switzerland
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  • Paul Erne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, State Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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  • Soeren Galatius, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Burkhard Hornig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, St Clara Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Wolfgang Kiowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Im Park Hospital, Zuerich, Switzerland
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  • Otmar Pachinger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Giovanni Pedrazzini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Cardio Centro, Lugano, Switzerland
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  • Hans Rickli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, State Hospital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland
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  • Stefano De Servi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ospedale Civile, Legnano, Italy
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  • Christoph Kaiser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • for the BASKET-PROVE Investigators

      Affiliations

    • The BAsel Stent Kosten-Effektivitäts Trial- PROspective Validation Examination (BASKET-PROVE) Investigators are listed in Appendix A

Received 7 September 2007; accepted 9 November 2007. published online 21 January 2008.

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PII: S0002-8703(07)00918-0

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.011

American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 4 , Pages 609-614, April 2008

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