Underutilization of Coronary Artery Disease Testing Among Patients Hospitalized With New-Onset Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although ischemic coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common etiology of heart failure (HF), the extent to which patients with new-onset HF actually undergo an ischemic work-up and/or revascularization is not well defined.

Objectives

This study sought to analyze the patterns of testing for ischemic CAD and revascularization in patients with new-onset HF.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study using Truven Health MarketScan Commercial and Medicare databases from 2010 to 2013. The occurrence of noninvasive and invasive ischemic CAD testing and revascularization procedures were examined among patients with new inpatient HF diagnoses during the index hospitalization and within 90 days of admission.

Results

Among 67,161 patients identified wi

SUBMITTER: Doshi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9135048 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature