Open AccessLow Diagnostic Yield of Elective Coronary Angiography
Author(s) -
Manesh R. Patel,
Eric D. Peterson,
David Dai,
James M. Brennan,
Rita F. Redberg,
H. Ver Anderson,
Ralph G. Brindis,
Pamela S. Douglas
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0907272
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , coronary artery disease , cardiology , cardiac catheterization , diabetes mellitus , stenosis , confidence interval , endocrinology
Guidelines for triaging patients for cardiac catheterization recommend a risk assessment and noninvasive testing. We determined patterns of noninvasive testing and the diagnostic yield of catheterization among patients with suspected coronary artery disease in a contemporary national sample.
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