Design and Baseline Characteristics of the Veterans Affairs Non-Q-Wave Infarction Strategies In-Hospital (VANQWISH) Trial fn1fn1This study was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program, Palo Alto, California and Washington, D.C. and by a grant from Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri.

Objectives. The Veterans Affairs Non-Q-Wave Infarction Strategies In-Hospital (VANQWISH) trial was designed to compare outcomes of patients with a non–Q wave myocardial infarction (NQMI) who were randomized prospectively to an early “invasive” strategy versus an early “conservative” strategy. The primary objective was to compare early and late outcomes between the two strategies using a combined trial end point (all-cause mortality or nonfatal infarction) during at least 1 year of follow-up.