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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on September 26, 2006
European Heart Journal 2006 27(20):2378-2379; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl225
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© The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Selecting optimal non-invasive cardiac imaging stress test in intermediate-risk patients using cost effectiveness analysis

Don Poldermans1,* and Jeroen J. Bax2

1 Room H921, Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2 Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

* Corresponding author. Tel: +31 10 463 4613; fax: +31 10 436 4937. E-mail address: d.poldermans@erasmusmc.nl

This editorial refers to ‘Incremental cost effectiveness of exercise echocardiography vs. SPECT imaging for the evaluation of stable chest pain’{dagger} by L.J. Shaw et al., on page 2448

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Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the Western society.1 The use of non-invasive cardiac imaging in combination with exercise or pharmacological stress has become a cornerstone for the objective assessment and subsequent treatment strategy of coronary artery disease. This results in an improved life expectancy and cost savings.2 Echocardiography and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy are both frequently used imaging modalities. This has improved the diagnostic accuracy, compared with electrocardiographic testing; considerable as baseline electrocardiographic abnormalities precluded reliable testing during stress in up . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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