Projected morbidity and mortality from missed diagnoses of coronary artery disease in the United States

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Sep 15:195:250-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.033. Epub 2015 May 8.

Authors

Joseph A Ladapo¹, Keith S Goldfeld², Pamela S Douglas³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States. Electronic address: joseph.ladapo@nyumc.org.
² Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
³ Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiovascular imaging; Coronary artery disease; Epidemiology; Health care costs; Outcomes research.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Disease* / diagnosis
Coronary Artery Disease* / economics
Coronary Artery Disease* / epidemiology
Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control*
Exercise Test* / economics
Exercise Test* / statistics & numerical data
False Negative Reactions
Health Care Surveys / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Medical Overuse* / economics
Medical Overuse* / prevention & control
Needs Assessment
Prevalence
Registries
United States / epidemiology

Grants and funding

K23 HL116787/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States