Inappropriate cardiac stress tests may cost the US healthcare system as much as half a billion dollars each year, according to a new study published in Annals of Internal Medcine. … Click here to read the full post on Forbes. …
Inappropriate Heart Stress Tests May Waste Half A Billion Dollars A Year
October 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
No Benefit Found For Exercise Echocardiography In Asymptomatic Patients Following CABG Or PCI
May 15, 2012 by 1 Comment
Routine exercise echocardiography in asymptomatic patients after revascularization does not lead to better outcomes, according to a new study published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Although guidelines generally discourage the practice, post-revascularization stress tests are still commonly performed. Serge Harb and colleagues performed exercise echocardiography on 2,105 patients following CABG surgery or PCI and followed…
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