Stable Chest Pain
High-quality, noninvasive testing may safely diagnose CAD for patients with obesity
High-quality CT and stress testing should be able to effectively and safely diagnose patients with stable chest pain and suspected CAD, regardless of BMI, while improving clinical efficiency, researchers reported.
Coronary artery calcium score identifies symptomatic patients with low risk for CV events
Among patients with stable chest pain referred for invasive coronary angiography, a low coronary artery calcium score was associated with low risk for heart attack and stroke, researchers reported in Radiology.
Coronary CT may be best diagnostic strategy when evaluating stable chest pain
For adults with stable chest pain, coronary CTA may be as useful as direct invasive coronary angiography and may be the best diagnostic strategy vs. stress testing and single-photon emission CT myocardial perfusion imaging, data show.
SCOT-HEART: Low-attenuation plaque burden predicts MI in angina
The strongest predictor of nonfatal or fatal MI in patients who presented with stable chest pain was low-attenuation plaque burden, according to a new analysis of the SCOT-HEART trial presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.