Impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular testing in the United States versus the rest of the world

CB Hirschfeld, LJ Shaw, MC Williams, R Lahey… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - jacc.org
Objectives This study sought to quantify and compare the decline in volumes of
cardiovascular procedures between the United States and non-US institutions during the …

Incidence, diagnoses and outcomes of ambulance attendances for chest pain: a population-based cohort study

LP Dawson, E Andrew, Z Nehme, J Bloom… - Annals of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aims This study aimed to determine incidences, diagnoses, and outcomes of patients with
chest pain attended by paramedics using a large population-based sample. Methods …

Emergency Department Referral of Patients With Chest Pain for Noninvasive Cardiac Testing and 2-Year Clinical Outcomes

DG Mark, J Huang, DW Ballard, DR Vinson… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Noninvasive cardiac testing (NICT) has been associated with decreased
long-term risks of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) among emergency department …

Early noninvasive cardiac testing after emergency department evaluation for suspected acute coronary syndrome

AA Kawatkar, AL Sharp, AS Baecker… - JAMA internal …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Professional guidelines recommend noninvasive cardiac testing (NIT) within 72
hours of an emergency department (ED) evaluation for suspected acute coronary syndrome …

Comparing Costs of Noninvasive Cardiac Diagnostic Tests—a Population-Based Study

I Roifman, A Chu, PC Austin, M Rashid… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Noninvasive cardiac diagnostic tests (NITs) for the diagnosis of coronary artery
disease have been estimated to cost> $3 billion annually in the United States alone and …

Prognostic value of arterial stiffness according to the cardiovascular risk profiles

HL Kim, WH Lim, JB Seo, SH Kim, JH Zo… - Journal of Human …, 2021 - nature.com
It is not clear whether the influence of arterial stiffness depends on the subject's
cardiovascular risk status. This study was performed to assess the prognostic value of …

Clinical effectiveness of cardiac noninvasive diagnostic testing in outpatients evaluated for stable coronary artery disease

I Roifman, A Sivaswamy, A Chu, PC Austin… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Despite more than 4 million cardiac noninvasive diagnostic tests (NIT) being
performed annually for stable coronary artery disease in the United States, it is unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Cost effectiveness of a 1-hour high-sensitivity troponin-T protocol: An analysis of the RAPID-TnT trial

MA Chuang, ES Gnanamanickam, J Karnon… - IJC Heart & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background To understand the economic impact of an accelerated 0/1-hour high-sensitivity
troponin-T (hs-cTnT) protocol. Objective To conduct a patient-level economic analysis of the …

Cardiovascular testing in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: volume recovery and worldwide comparison

CB Hirschfeld, S Dorbala, LJ Shaw… - Radiology …, 2023 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To characterize the recovery of diagnostic cardiovascular procedure volumes in US
and non-US facilities in the year following the initial COVID-19 outbreak. Materials and …

To Test or Not to Test? The Utility of Noninvasive Cardiac Testing for Chest Pain Without Myocardial Infarction

FA Simader, RK Al-Lamee - Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Outcomes, Mark et al2 examined the utility of NICT referrals among patients presenting to
the emergency department with chest pain. This retrospective cohort study utilized data from …