Diagnostic Testing for Cardiovascular Diseases

  • Carl J. Lavie
  • Franz H. Messerli
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Part of the Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine book series (DICM, volume 135)

Abstract

Despite new statistics indicating declining mortality trends from cardiovascular diseases in the United States, data from the American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force indicate that with aging of the population, the absolute incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases will actually increase during the next two decades, total deaths will increase by nearly 20%, and total cost to society (adjusted for inflation) will increase by 30% [1,2]. Therefore, the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases in the elderly will remain a major part of the clinical practice of general internists, family physicians, and cardiologists. Although invasive testing usually is the “gold standard” for identifying cardiovascular diseases, physicians often desire less invasive and less expensive procedures with fewer risks in order to diagnose disease and follow patients with known disease. Technological advances have made available a wider array of clinical studies which, if used appropriately, add to our ability to recognize and treat cardiovascular diseases in the elderly population.

Keywords

Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Digital Subtraction Angiography Radionuclide Angiography Pretest Likelihood Thallium Scintigraphy 
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  • Franz H. Messerli

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