Cardiac Stress Testing After Coronary Revascularization

Unless prompted by symptoms or change in clinical status, the appropriate use criteria considers cardiac stress testing (CST) within two years of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and five years of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to be rarely appropriate. Little is known regarding use and yield of CST after PCI or CABG. We studied 39,648 patients treated with coronary revascularization (29,497 PCI; 10,151 CABG) between 04/2004 and 03/2012 in Alberta, Canada. Frequency of CST between 60 days and 2 years after revascularization was determined from linked provincial databases.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research