Coronary heart disease pretest probability: Difference between revisions
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Pretest probability of coronary artery disease is assessed basing upon the age, gender and the symptoms. Patients are stratified into very low, low, intermediate, and high risk. | |||
==Pretest Probability== | |||
Data exists for patients of age group 30 - 70 years. It can be assumed that risk/prevalence of coronary artery disease incrreases with age. | |||
==Pretest Probability== | ==Pretest Probability== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:52, 18 October 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Pretest probability of coronary artery disease is assessed basing upon the age, gender and the symptoms. Patients are stratified into very low, low, intermediate, and high risk.
Pretest Probability
Data exists for patients of age group 30 - 70 years. It can be assumed that risk/prevalence of coronary artery disease incrreases with age.