ARIA suggests diagnostic angiography underused

Deciding which patients presenting with chest pain should undergo diagnostic coronary angiography (DCA) is an everyday dilemma for the cardiologist.  In the ARIA (Appropriateness of Referral and Invesigation of Angina) study, Hemingway and colleagues used scoring criteria, based on patient-specific characteristics and validated by 2 panels of experts made up of 22 UK physicians, in […]

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