Emulating the EPIC trial using VetCompass primary-care data: causal effects of pimobendan in UK dogs with grade IV/VI heart murmurs

• Camilla Pegram ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cpegram@rvc.ac.uk

  Affiliation Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-5294

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• Karla Diaz-Ordaz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University College London, Department of Statistical Science, London, United Kingdom

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• Dave C. Brodbelt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom

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• Yu-Mei Chang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Comparative Biomedical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Herts, United Kingdom

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• Adrian Boswood,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom

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• Jenny Wilshaw,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Professional Services, The Royal Veterinary College, Royal College Street, London, United Kingdom

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• Carmen A. T. Reep,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9408-7324

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• Sarah Balling,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom

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• Jaya Sahota,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Straid Veterinary Clinic, Beaconsfield, United Kingdom

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• David B. Church,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom

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• Dan G. O’Neill

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom

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