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- Title
Comparison of exercise test scores and physician estimation in determining disease probability.
- Authors
Lipinski, M; Do, D; Froelicher, V; Osterberg, L; Franklin, B; West, J; Atwood, E
- Abstract
The recent American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association exercise testing guidelines provided equations to calculate treadmill scores and recommended their use to improve the predictive accuracy of the standard exercise test. However, if physicians can estimate the probability of coronary artery disease as well as the scores can, there would be no reason to add this complexity to test interpretation. To compare the exercise test scores with physician's estimation of disease probability, we used clinical, exercise test, and coronary angiographic data to compute the recommended scores and print patient summaries and treadmill reports.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2001, Vol 161, Issue 18, p2239
- ISSN
0003-9926
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinte.161.18.2239