Selecting Asymptomatic Patients for Coronary Computed Tomography or Electrocardiographic Exercise Testing
- 31 July 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 349 (5) , 465-473
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmcp023197
Abstract
A healthy 40-year-old man exercises regularly, uses no tobacco, and has no cardiac symptoms. His blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg, his total cholesterol concentration is 180 mg per deciliter, his high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration is 50 mg per deciliter, his body-mass index is 24, his fasting blood glucose concentration is 95 mg per deciliter, and he has no family history of coronary disease. Should he be advised to undergo coronary computed tomography or electrocardiographic exercise testing so that the assessment of his coronary risk may be refined?Keywords
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