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 …

Clinical effectiveness of cardiac noninvasive diagnostic testing in patients discharged from the emergency department for chest pain

I Roifman, L Han, M Koh, HC Wijeysundera… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background More than 4 million cardiac noninvasive diagnostic tests are performed
annually in the United States. However, questions remain regarding their effectiveness in …

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 …

Low diagnostic yield of non-invasive testing in patients with suspected coronary artery disease: results from a large unselected hospital-based sample

C Therming, S Galatius, M Heitmann… - … Journal-Quality of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims Stable angina is the most common presentation of heart disease and has a good
prognosis. With declining coronary artery disease (CAD), rates a diagnostic approach …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization and costs of noninvasive cardiac tests after acute coronary syndromes: insights from the Alberta COAPT Study

KR Bainey, D Durham, Y Zheng, CM Westerhout… - CJC open, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Although appropriate noninvasive cardiac tests (NICTs) after an acute coronary
syndrome (ACS) provide useful prognostic information, inappropriate use leads to inefficient …

[PDF][PDF] 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 …

Functional testing or coronary computed tomography angiography in patients with stable coronary artery disease

ME Jørgensen, C Andersson, BL Nørgaard… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Background: The choice of either anatomical or functional noninvasive testing to evaluate
suspected coronary artery disease might affect subsequent clinical management and …

Clinical and economic implications of inconclusive noninvasive test results in stable patients with suspected coronary artery disease: insights from the PROMISE Trial

A Goyal, N Pagidipati, CL Hill, B Alhanti… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Inconclusive noninvasive tests complicate the care of patients with suspected
coronary artery disease, but their prevalence and impact on management, outcomes, and …

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 …