The distribution of cardiac diagnostic testing for acute coronary syndrome in the Brazilian healthcare system: A national geospatial evaluation of health access.
Julian T HertzTommy FuJoao Ricardo VissociThiago Augusto Hernandes RochaElias CarvalhoBrendan FlanaganLuciano de AndradeAlex T LimkakengCatherine A StatonPublished in: PloS one (2019)
The majority of testing for ACS in Brazil is conducted at referral centers in developed urban settings. Stress ECG is the dominant testing modality in use. Increased access to diagnostic testing was not consistently associated with decreased ACS mortality across the country.