Open AccessImplications of Alterations in Pre-test Probability in the 2019 Update of ESC Guidelines for Chronic Coronary Syndromes on Diagnostic Accuracy of Pharmacological Stress-Echocardiography: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Iryna Dykun,
Stefanie Hendricks,
Bastian Balcer,
Matthias Totzeck,
Fadi Al–Rashid,
Tienush Rassaf,
Amir A. Mahabadi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2586-7210
pISSN - 2586-7296
DOI - 10.4250/jcvi.2020.0176
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , cohort , test (biology) , cardiology , cohort study , physical therapy , paleontology , biology
With the 2019 update of European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for chronic coronary syndromes, the pre-test probabilities (PTPs) based on age, sex, and symptoms have undergone major revisions. We aimed to determine implications of these alterations on diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE).