Adding clinical risk factors and a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score to the conventional diagnostic algorithm for chest pain improves the prediction and discrimination of patients with suspected ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with stable chest pain and intermediate pretest probability of CAD, risk for major adverse CV events ...

June 14, 2012 (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) — An international group of researchers has developed what they say is an improved model for predicting the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “In the United States, once patients at low risk for [acute coronary syndrome] are admitted for observation or ...

For people with stable chest pain and an intermediate pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), an initial CT strategy fared similarly to invasive coronary angiography (ICA) ...

As technology offers more tools to help diagnose heart disease, you may need to adjust your approach. Here’s the latest on one of those new tools. One of the greatest challenges facing primary-care ...

Researchers compared the estimation of the presence of disease by primary care clinicians and an expert panel. Primary care clinicians overestimate the probability of disease before and after ...

How May AUC Improve Performance? AUC are created to improve the use of CCT with regard to quality and safety. They have so far been used as educational tools and for decision support when considering ...