When evaluating a patient with stable chest pain and no known coronary artery disease (CAD), how does the clinician decide whether to order imaging or other diagnostic tests? One approach involves a ...
Before EBUS-TBNA was available, bronchoscopy yields were not high enough to rule out spread to the mediastinum (at most centers) in patients with suspicious imaging. As a result, surgical exploration ...
For people with stable chest pain and an intermediate pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), an initial CT strategy fared similarly to invasive coronary angiography (ICA) ...
Recognizing that D-dimer levels generally increase with advancing age, however, the age-adjusted D-dimer test is ...