Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Provides Effective Cardiac Risk Reclassification in Patients With Known or Suspected Stable Coronary Artery Disease
Author(s) -
Ravi Shah,
Bobak Heydari,
Otávio R. CoelhoFilho,
Venkatesh L. Murthy,
Siddique Abbasi,
Jiazhuo H. Feng,
Michael Pencina,
Tomas G. Neilan,
Judith Meadows,
Sanjeev Francis,
Ron Blankstein,
Michael L. Steigner,
Marcelo F. Di Carli,
Michael JeroschHerold,
Raymond Y. Kwong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.001430
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , coronary artery disease , cohort , framingham risk score , confidence interval , disease
A recent large-scale clinical trial found that an initial invasive strategy does not improve cardiac outcomes beyond optimized medical therapy in patients with stable coronary artery disease. Novel methods to stratify at-risk patients may refine therapeutic decisions to improve outcomes.
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