[Diagnostic procedures in patients with known coronary heart disease].
Patients with coronary artery disease can be stratified by noninvasive techniques into risk-groups for further diagnostic and therapeutic management. The prognostic impact of the patient's history, physical examination and ECG are discussed. With this clinical assessment a high-risk group of patients, who should undergo coronary angiography, can be identified. In a low-risk group, further evaluation depends on results of exercise-stress testing. The relative value of exercise ECG, thallium-201-scintigraphy and radionuclide ventriculography in this special clinical setting are discussed in detail.
Abteilung für Kardiologie, Universitätskliniken DIM, Kantonsspital Basel.
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D000465:Algorithms; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010808:Physical Examination; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors
Diagnostisches Vorgehen bei Patienten mit bekannter koronarer Herzkrankheit.