HEART Score Impact for Patients with Chest Pain in ED
Using the History, Electrocardiogram, Age, Risk factors, and initial Troponin (HEART) score is safe but has a limited effect on health care resource among emergency room patients with chest pain.
Angina
Long-term Cardiovascular Risk of Undiagnosed Chest Pain
Patients with undiagnosed chest pain in primary care rarely undergo diagnostic testing, but experience an increased risk of both fatal and non-fatal CV events.
Online Tool Predicts When Tests Are Needed for Chest Pain
An online tool accurately predicts which patients with chest pain are likely to have normal non-invasive test results.
Using Telemetry Outside of Cardiac Indications
More than 20% of patients are undergoing telemetry for noncardiac indications.
Cardiovascular-Related Hospital Admissions After Snowfall
Hospital admissions for cardiovascular-related events were 23% higher 2 days after a winter storm.
Angina Worsens Quality of Life in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Angina correlated with a 22% increased adjusted risk for all-cause mortality/hospitalizations in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Unnecessary Imaging Stress Tests Reduced With Order Entry Tool
There was an increase in use of nonimaging stress tests in both the preimplementation and postimplementation groups.
Depression Worsens Outcomes in Chronic Stable Angina
The strongest predictor of depression in patients with chronic stable angina was an episode of depression within the past 10 years.
Cangrelor Reduces PCI Complications in ACS, Stable Angina
Cangrelor provided similar perioprocedural benefits, as well as reduced risk of bleeding, as clopidogrel in patients with stable angina and acute coronary syndromes.
FFRCT Investigated as Screening Tool for Chest Pain in Proof-of-Concept Trial
A change in treatment was made in nearly half the patient population (44%) as a result of adding noninvasive fractional flow reserve data to CTA data.
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