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To the Editor: The Invasive versus Conservative Treatment in Unstable Coronary Syndromes (ICTUS) trial reported by de Winter et al. (Sept. 15 issue)¹ shows that an early invasive strategy was not superior to a conservative strategy in patients who had acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation and with an elevated cardiac troponin T level. However, we disagree with the authors' statement that they "studied a high-risk population," because such a conclusion is not supported by the data that they present (i.e., <50 percent of the patients were older than 65 years of age, <15 percent had diabetes, and <50 percent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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