Coronary artery disease risk reclassification using an acoustic-based score in view of the new European Society of Cardiology 2019 guidelines on Chronic Coronary Syndromes

S E Schmidt; S Winther; M Boettcher

doi:10.1007/s10554-019-01746-y

Coronary artery disease risk reclassification using an acoustic-based score in view of the new European Society of Cardiology 2019 guidelines on Chronic Coronary Syndromes

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Mar;36(3):383-384. doi: 10.1007/s10554-019-01746-y. Epub 2019 Dec 18.

Authors

S E Schmidt¹, S Winther², M Boettcher²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. sschmidt@hst.aau.dk.
² Department of Cardiology, Region Hospital Herning, Herning, Denmark.

Abstract

In August 2019, ESC published new guidelines on Chronic Coronary Syndromes including a new risk assessment paradigm for estimation of pre-test-probability. The CAD-score is an acoustic-based score for ruling-out of coronary artery disease (CAD). In the current letter to the editor we re-evaluate the re-classification potential the CAD-score in the view of the new guidelines.

Keywords: Cost-effectiveness; Heart sounds; Non-invasive testing; Reclassification; Stable coronary artery disease.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Acoustics*
Consensus
Coronary Artery Disease / classification
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis*
Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Societies, Medical / standards*