The updated NICE guidelines: cardiac CT as the first-line test for coronary artery disease

AJ Moss, MC Williams, DE Newby, ED Nicol - Current cardiovascular …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cost-effective care pathways are integral to delivering
sustainable healthcare programmes. Due to the overestimation of coronary artery disease …

Diagnostic models of the pre-test probability of stable coronary artery disease: A systematic review

T He, X Liu, N Xu, Y Li, Q Wu, M Liu, H Yuan - Clinics, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
A comprehensive search of PubMed and Embase was performed in January 2015 to
examine the available literature on validated diagnostic models of the pre-test probability of …

Pre-test probability of obstructive coronary stenosis in patients undergoing coronary CT angiography: comparative performance of the modified diamond-Forrester …

AM Ferreira, H Marques, A Tralhão, MB Santos… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Current guidelines recommend the use of the Modified Diamond-Forrester
(MDF) method to assess the pre-test likelihood of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) …

How should CT coronary angiography be integrated into the management of patients with chest pain and how does this affect outcomes?

MK Doris, DE Newby - European Heart Journal–Quality of Care …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
When examining the role of a diagnostic test in clinical practice, consideration must be
placed not only on the accuracy of the result, but also its impact on patient care and …

Association of medical liability reform with clinician approach to coronary artery disease management

SA Farmer, A Moghtaderi, S Schilsky, D Magid… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Physicians often report practicing defensive medicine to reduce malpractice risk,
including performing expensive but marginally beneficial tests and procedures. Although …

CT coronary angiographic evaluation of suspected anginal chest pain

AJ Moss, DE Newby - Heart, 2016 - heart.bmj.com
Non-invasive imaging plays a critical role in the assessment of patients presenting with
suspected angina chest pain. However, wide variations in practice across Europe and North …

Utility of the Diamond-Forrester classification in stratifying acute chest pain in an academic chest pain center

RF Hamburger, JA Spertus… - Critical pathways in …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: Because the Diamond–Forrester (DF) model is predictive of obstructive
coronary artery disease (CAD), it is often used to risk stratify acute chest pain patients. We …

Clinical outcomes of patients discharged from the rapid access chest pain clinic with non-anginal chest pain: a retrospective cohort study

TA Kite, H Gaunt, AS Banning, E Roberts… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic (RACPC) has become an
important means of assessing patients who present with ischaemic or ischaemia-like …

Investigation of patients presenting with chest pain

A Timmis - Heart, 2015 - heart.bmj.com
The paper by Patterson et al 1 illustrates why the National Institute of Health and Care
Excellence (NICE) and ESC guidelines 2, 3 recommend no non-invasive testing in patients …

更新的Diamond-Forrester 法和Duke 临床评分预测模型对可疑冠心病患者的诊断价值

贺婷, 刘星, 李莹, 吴俏玉, 罗爱静, 袁洪 - 中国全科医学, 2016 - chinagp.net
目的比较更新的Diamond-Forrester 法(UDFM) 和Duke 临床评分(DCS) 两种预测模型对我国
可疑冠心病患者评估的准确性, 并进一步分析两者在不同性别之间准确性的差异. 方法选取2010 …