European Society of Cardiology–Recommended Coronary Artery Disease Consortium Pretest Probability Scores More Accurately Predict Obstructive Coronary Disease and Cardiovascular Events Than the Diamond and Forrester Score | Zendy

Márcio Sommer Bittencourt | Zendy; Edward Hulten | Zendy; Tamar S. Polonsky | Zendy; Udo Hoffman | Zendy; Khurram Nasir | Zendy; Suhny Abbara | Zendy; Marcelo F. Di Carli | Zendy; Ron Blankstein | Zendy

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European Society of Cardiology–Recommended Coronary Artery Disease Consortium Pretest Probability Scores More Accurately Predict Obstructive Coronary Disease and Cardiovascular Events Than the Diamond and Forrester Score

Author(s) -

Márcio Sommer Bittencourt,

Edward Hulten,

Tamar S. Polonsky,

Udo Hoffman,

Khurram Nasir,

Suhny Abbara,

Marcelo F. Di Carli,

Ron Blankstein

Publication year - 2016

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.116.023396

Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , cad , pre and post test probability , cardiology , receiver operating characteristic , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction , engineering drawing , engineering

The most appropriate score for evaluating the pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) is unknown. We sought to compare the Diamond-Forrester (DF) score with the 2 CAD consortium scores recently recommended by the European Society of Cardiology.

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