2006
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.105.598789
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Rising Rates of Cardiac Procedures in the United States and Canada

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“…3 Whether this rate of growth translates into clinical benefit to patients remains under debate. [3][4][5][6][7] Indeed, the increased utilization of diagnostic imaging has not been paralleled by a reduction in disease burden as the rate of hospitalization for myocardial infarction has remained nearly constant over time. 1 The growth of stress imaging raises concerns because of its economical impact [5][6][7] in the face of reduced available resources, the exposure of patients to potential risks of the study, 8 and the excessive delay in evaluation and management due to waiting for test performance and interpretation.…”
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“…3 Whether this rate of growth translates into clinical benefit to patients remains under debate. [3][4][5][6][7] Indeed, the increased utilization of diagnostic imaging has not been paralleled by a reduction in disease burden as the rate of hospitalization for myocardial infarction has remained nearly constant over time. 1 The growth of stress imaging raises concerns because of its economical impact [5][6][7] in the face of reduced available resources, the exposure of patients to potential risks of the study, 8 and the excessive delay in evaluation and management due to waiting for test performance and interpretation.…”
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“…Canadian patients under go fewer imaging and therapeutic proced ures than American patients. 40 Furthermore, the ex plosion of imaging techniques and therapeutic procedures has been rather recent. 32,41 Thus, our cohort likely had lower levels of exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation than current patients with acute myocardial infarction in North America.…”
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“…Facciamo una valutazione angiografica, troviamo la restenosi angiografica, che induce una target vassel revascularization (TVR): si innesca così la perversa spirale TVR -> coronarografia di controllo -> nuova TVR etc. In un recente numero di Marzo di Circulation, ben 3 articoli [11,12,13] sono dedicati alla proliferazione della tecnologia cardiologica in Canada e negli Stati Uniti e all'incre-mento vertiginoso di procedure diagnostiche (test ergometrico e stress-imaging) ed invasive coronariche, a fronte invece di una sostanziale stabilità quantitativa di ammissioni ospedaliere per SCA (indice sicuramente improprio ma abbastanza efficace per la stima della prevalenza di malattia coronarica nel tempo). Nell'editoriale di commento, giustamente si rammenta che un simile incremento di procedure rappresenta una sfida insostenibile al wellfare [13].…”
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