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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on July 24, 2006
European Heart Journal 2006 27(17):2038-2039; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl175
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© The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Clinical decision-making based on findings presented in conference abstracts: is it safe for our patients?

Matthew E. Falagas1,2,3,* and Evangelos S. Rosmarakis1,4

1 Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), 9 Neapoleos Street, 15123 Marousi, Athens, Greece
2 Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
3 Department of Medicine, ‘Henry Dunant’ Hospital, Athens, Greece
4 Department of Cardiology, First IKA Hospital, Athens, Greece

Received 19 June 2006; revised 3 July 2006; accepted 6 July 2006; online publish-ahead-of-print 24 July 2006.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +30 6946 110 0000; fax: +30 210 683 9605. E-mail address: m.falagas{at}aibs.gr

Abstract

Research findings presented in scientific conferences have a considerable direct and indirect impact on decision-making of clinicians. Investigators in various fields of research have examined the possible differences in aims, results, and conclusions between conference abstracts and subsequent corresponding published papers. They documented that differences between data presented in conference abstracts and published papers are frequent and occasionally major. These findings strongly support the position that we should not hurry to incorporate in clinical decision-making data presented at international or national scientific conferences. Instead, we believe that we better serve our patients by waiting at least for the evaluation of potential scientific advances by rigorous peer review.

Key Words: Research findings • Scientific meeting • Randomized controlled trials • Endarterectomy • Peer review


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