Outcomes of Anatomical versus Functional Testing for Coronary Artery Disease

Abstract

In symptomatic patients with suspected CAD who required noninvasive testing, a strategy of initial CTA, as compared with functional testing, did not improve clinical outcomes over a median follow-up of 2 years. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; PROMISE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01174550.).

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Coronary artery diseaseMedicineDiseaseCardiologyRandomized controlled trialInternal medicineCADDiagnostic testFunctional testingRadiologyMEDLINEPediatrics

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Year: 2015
Type: article
Volume: 372
Issue: 14
Pages: 1291-1300
Citations: 1437
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                                    Pamela S. Douglas, 
                                
                                    Udo Hoffmann, 
                                
                                    Manesh R. Patel
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2015). 
                            Outcomes of Anatomical versus Functional Testing for Coronary Artery Disease. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 372
                            (14)
                            , 1291-1300.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1415516
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1415516