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Title
Low diagnostic yield of elective coronary angiography.
Authors
Patel, Manesh R; Peterson, Eric D; Dai, David; Brennan, J Matthew; Redberg, Rita F; Anderson, H Vernon; Brindis, Ralph G; Douglas, Pamela S
Abstract
Guidelines for triaging patients for cardiac catheterization recommend a risk assessment and noninvasive testing. We determined patterns of noninvasive testing and the diagnostic yield of catheterization among patients with suspected coronary artery disease in a contemporary national sample.
Publication
The New England journal of medicine, 2010, Vol 362, Issue 10, p886