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<p>Patients with chest pain presenting to the emergency room are currently investigated using either invasive coronary angiography (ICA) or noninvasive coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). ICA remains an expensive diagnostic tool and exposes patients to a high risk of periprocedural complication. Besides the currently available expansive economic evidence, there is still an important lingering issue: to establish, from the healthcare provider’s point of view, which is the most cost-effective investigation tool for the detection of significant coronary artery disease. The aim of this article is to present the latest developments in the field of imaging tools for the detection of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with chest pain, from the perspective of a cost-effectiveness analysis.</p>
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Patients with chest pain presenting to the emergency room are currently investigated using either invasive coronary angiography (ICA) or noninvasive coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). ICA remains an expensive diagnostic tool and exposes patients to a high risk of periprocedural complication. Besides the currently available expansive economic evidence, there is still an important lingering issue: to establish, from the healthcare provider’s point of view, which is the most cost-effective investigation tool for the detection of significant coronary artery disease. The aim of this article is to present the latest developments in the field of imaging tools for the detection of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with chest pain, from the perspective of a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for Assesment of Stable Coronary Artery Disease – a Cost-effectiveness Perspective

„George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Patients with chest pain presenting to the emergency room are currently investigated using either invasive coronary angiography (ICA) or noninvasive coronary...

Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for Assesment of Stable Coronary Artery Disease – a Cost-effectiveness Perspective

Published Online: Mar 18, 2021

Page range: 37 - 42

Received: Jan 11, 2021

Accepted: Feb 20, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2021-0004

Keywords
cost-effectiveness analysis, coronary CT angiography, stable coronary artery disease, stable chest pain, imaging

© 2021 Roxana Hodas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for Assesment of Stable Coronary Artery Disease – a Cost-effectiveness Perspective

Published Online: Mar 18, 2021

Page range: 37 - 42

Received: Jan 11, 2021

Accepted: Feb 20, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2021-0004

Keywordscost-effectiveness analysis, coronary CT angiography, stable coronary artery disease, stable chest pain, imaging

© 2021 Roxana Hodas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cost-effectiveness analysis, coronary CT angiography, stable coronary artery disease, stable chest pain, imaging