Prediction models as gatekeepers for diagnostic testing in angina patients with suspected chronic coronary syndrome.
Louise Hougesen BjerkingSimon WintherKim Wadt HansenSøren GalatiusNiels Ramsing HolmEva PrescottPublished in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2022)
A prediction model for CAD including cardiovascular risk factors was successfully validated. Implementation of this model would reduce the need for diagnostic testing and serve as gatekeeper if accepting a watchful waiting strategy for one-fifth of the patients.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular risk factors
- coronary artery disease
- end stage renal disease
- coronary artery
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- healthcare
- cardiovascular disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- case report
- aortic stenosis
- quality improvement
- aortic valve