Outcomes of Anatomical versus Functional Testing for Coronary Artery Disease

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Authors

Pamela S. Douglas · Duke University

Udo Hoffmann · Massachusetts General Hospital

Manesh R. Patel · Clinical Research Institute

Daniel B. Mark · Clinical Research Institute

Hussein R. Al‐Khalidi · Duke University

Brendan Cavanaugh · New Mexico Heart Institute

Jason Cole ·

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.).

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 372, Issue 14, pp. 1291-1300

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1415516

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