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Cost-effectiveness of anatomical and functional test strategies for stable chest pain: public health perspective from a middle-income country.

Eduardo Gehling BertoldiSteffen F StellaLuis Eduardo P RohdeCarisi A Polanczyk
Published in: BMJ open (2017)
An anatomical diagnostic strategy based on CTA is a cost-effective option for CAD diagnosis. Functional strategies performed equally well when based on ECHO. C-MRI yielded acceptable ICER only at low pretest probability, and SPECT was not cost-effective in our analysis.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • contrast enhanced
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • diffusion weighted imaging
  • coronary artery disease
  • magnetic resonance
  • physical activity
  • diffusion weighted
  • computed tomography
  • pet ct
  • global health