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The authors’ reply:
  1. Adrian V Hernandez,
  2. Cynthia M Westerhout,
  3. Ewout W Steyerberg,
  4. John P A Ioannidis,
  5. Hector Bueno,
  6. Harvey White,
  7. Pierre Theroux,
  8. David J Moliterno,
  9. Paul W Armstrong,
  10. Robert M Califf,
  11. Lars C Wallentin,
  12. Maarten L Simoons,
  13. Eric Boersma
  1. Department of Quantitative Health Sciences/Wb4, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
  1. Dr A V Hernandez, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences/Wb4, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; hernana1{at}ccf.org

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We thank Drs Kalyanasundaram, Kastrati and Berger for their interesting comments about our article.

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