title: Coronary heart disease in the elderly: identifying established and subclinical disease with stress testing.
abstract: Although cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality, morbidity, and healthcare expense in the United States, diagnosis in elderly patients, especially those who are asymptomatic, can be challenging. Noninvasive testing offers an opportunity to identify these patients, but guidelines reflect uncertainty of the impact of diagnosis on long-term outcomes. We review the role of different forms of noninvasive testing in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, as well as patients under consideration for elective surgery.
authors: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
authors: Sheila
authors: S
authors: Sahni
authors: Prashant
authors: P
authors: Vaishnava
authors: Bruce
authors: B
authors: Darrow
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic