Imaging functional stress test for stable chest pain symptoms in patients at low pretest probability of coronary artery disease: Current practice and long-term outcome.
Nicola GaibazziAndrea BarbieriGiuseppe BorianiGiorgio BenattiGabriella CodazzoMarcella ManicardiFrancesca BursiCarmine SiniscalchiPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)
In our geographical area, a considerable proportion of patients undergoing imaging functional tests for stable chest pain have a low estimated PTP of CAD. Of these, 1 in 10 resulted positive for inducible ischemia. However, none of the most common imaging functional tests, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and stress echocardiography offer prognostic information in these patients.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- high resolution
- patients undergoing
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- primary care
- type diabetes
- left ventricular
- positron emission tomography
- cardiovascular events
- stress induced
- image quality