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Study Suggests Too Many Invasive Heart Tests Given
huffingtonpost.com — “NEW YORK — A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests. The researchers said the findings suggest doctors must do better in determining which patients should be subjected to the cost and risks of an angiogram.” View full resource at huffingtonpost.com
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NEJM Feature: Are too many angiograms being performed on patients w/o CAD?
healthimaging.com — “Slightly more than one-third of patients without known disease, who underwent elective cardiac catheterization, had obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) out of nearly 400,000 patients at 663 sites, based on study findings published March 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, in an interview, Timothy D. Henry, MD, from Minneapolis Heart Institute, said that when reviewing the study--™s data in its entirety, it appears that most practices are performing these procedures pr” View full resource at healthimaging.com
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NEJM Feature: Are too many angiograms being performed on patients w/o CAD? http://ow.ly/16LY56
Too many patients get invasive heart tests - Heart health- msnbc.com
msnbc.msn.com — “A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.” View full resource at msnbc.msn.com
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Too many patients get invasive heart tests: A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiog... http://bit.ly/bLveWH #heart
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