Footnotes

• Conflict of interest:

  Consulting: All <10k

  Aventis, Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA

  AstraZeneca, London, UK

  Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

  Novartis, East Hanover, New Jersey, USA

  Research Grants: All >10k

  National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  National Institutes of Health/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

  Pfizer, New York City, New York, USA

  Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

  Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, Connecticut, USA

  Medicure, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  Miscellaneous: >10k

  Mosby, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, American Heart Journal Editor

• Abbreviations:

  ACS

  acute coronary syndrome(s)

  CAD

  coronary artery disease

  MI

  myocardial infarction

  PCI

  percutaneous coronary intervention, QALY, quality-adjusted life year