For patients with high-risk stress test features with ischemic EKG changes and mild to no symptoms, what would be your threshold to directly admit them for coronary angiography, or pursue outpatient elective coronary angiogram?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
The key is whether there is a stable clinical history. In the absence of any symptoms suggesting a change in clinical trajectory, the evaluation should be done without a direct admission particularly in order to allow patients to plan rather than create a sense of emergency. Unprovoked symptoms that...
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at Washington University School of Medicine If the patient has mild or no symptoms, why was th...
at Michael D Moran Md Inc Agreed. If done for a relevant indication, would p...
at Heart And Sleep Clinics Of America There is no right or wrong answer in this scenario...
If the patient has mild or no symptoms, why was th...
Agreed. If done for a relevant indication, would p...
There is no right or wrong answer in this scenario...