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Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) Study
The study was coordinated for Scandinavia from the Goteborg University Clinical Research Institute in Go¨teborg and for the United Kingdom and Ireland from the Cardiovascular Studies Unit at Imperial College, London (St Mary’s).