The chest pain guidelines revisited: cherry picking from the frequentist tree

The new chest pain guideline document was recently released. The biggest changes are in the recommendations for intermediate and high-risk patients with known and unknown CAD. Coronary CT angiography has been recommended as the preferred imaging test for patients < 65 years old with chest pain. T...

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Published inJournal of nuclear cardiology Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 23 - 34
Main Author Christian, Timothy F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Elsevier Inc 01.02.2023
Springer International Publishing
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
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Cardiology
Chest Pain
Computed Tomography Angiography
Coronary Angiography - methods
Coronary Artery Disease
diagnostic and prognostic application
Editorial
Humans
Imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nuclear Medicine
PET
Radiology
SPECT
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Trees
ACC
MPI
SPECT
MBF
P
CT
CCTA
CTFFR
PCI
ASNC
AHA
PET
diagnostic and prognostic application
ED
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Summary:The new chest pain guideline document was recently released. The biggest changes are in the recommendations for intermediate and high-risk patients with known and unknown CAD. Coronary CT angiography has been recommended as the preferred imaging test for patients < 65 years old with chest pain. This paper will review the major evidence and omissions in the document that prompted that recommendation and provide thoughts on potential actions going forward.
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ISSN:1071-3581
1532-6551
DOI:10.1007/s12350-022-03109-y