A new approach to clinical decision-making in coronary artery disease: observations on subsets within the Duke...

In summary, the Duke University Coronary Artery Disease Data Bank contains over 4,000 patients. It plays an important role in clinical decision-making in the management of individual patients. Current research projects involve the elucidation of natural history and the development of multivariable statistical methods for analyzing large numbers of baseline characteristics in a large number of patients. With these techniques, the data bank will continue to be a powerful tool in rationally examining the benefits of present and future therapeutic interventions in the management of patients with coronary artery disease.