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Cardiac Link: a retrospective cohort study evaluating a clinical pathway for expedited cardiology referral
CMAJ Open. 2022 Nov 15;10(4):E1000-E1007. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210317. Print 2022 Oct-Dec.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Outpatients presenting with chest pain often face long wait times for cardiology consultation and subsequent investigation for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), during which adverse cardiovascular events may occur. Our objective was to describe the design of Cardiac Link, a coronary computed tomography angiogram (CCTA)-guided rapid-access program, and evaluate its effect on cardiology consultation wait times in patients who present to primary care physicians with stable chest pain.METHODS: We conducted a r...
Source: cmaj - November 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Fahmeen J Afgani Connor T A Brenna Kate Hanneman Stephen Holzapfel Corwin Burton Paula J Harvey Elsie T Nguyen Source Type: research