Physician preferences for revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: Defining equipoise from web-based surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The optimal revascularization approach in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and ischemic heart disease ("ischemic cardiomyopathy") is unknown. Physician preferences regarding clinical equipoise for mode of revascularization and their willingness to consider offering enrollment in a randomized trial to patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy have not been characterized.

Methods

We conducted two anonymous online surveys: 1) a clinical case scenario-based survey to assess willingness to offer clinical trial enrollment for a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy (overall response rate to email invitation 0.45 %), and 2) a Delphi consensus-building survey to identify specific areas of clinical equipoise (overall response rate to email invi

SUBMITTER: Mukhopadhyay A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9956983 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature