Functional Testing or Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 69, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 1761-1770

  Jørgensen, Mads E ^a,b   Andersson, Charlotte ^b,c   Nørgaard, Bjarne L ^d   Abdulla, Jawdat ^c   Shreibati, Jacqueline B ^a   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^e   Gislason, Gunnar H ^b,f   Shaw, Richard E ^g   Hlatky, Mark A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Research   (Denmark)

^g CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; mortality; noninvasive; pharmacotherapy; testing; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENMARK; DRUG USE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 85017017660     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.01.046     Document Type: Article

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