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How Physicians Use the Stress Test for the Management of Angina

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  • Arthur Hartz
  • Peter Houts
  • Mary Bartholomew
  • Stuart Goldman
  • Theodore Kantner
  • Raisa Deber

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The authors examined physicians' reasons for ordering an exercise tolerance test and the influence of the test results on management decisions. Subjects of this study included 265 family physicians in Pennsylvania who completed a questionnaire on the management of a patient with typical chronic stable angina. Eighty-one percent of the respondents reported they would order a noninvasive stress test as a first step in the management of the patient. Of these physicians, 40% would refer the patient to a cardiologist only if the exercise tolerance test were strongly positive, 8% would refer only if it were negative, and 53% would not change their referral decisions on the basis of test results. No more than 57% of the physicians rated as very important any given reason for ordering a noninvasive diagnostic test. The results suggest that a test may be ordered routinely but without a consensus as to why it is ordered and without an effect on clinical management decisions.

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  • Arthur Hartz & Peter Houts & Mary Bartholomew & Stuart Goldman & Theodore Kantner & Raisa Deber, 1989. "How Physicians Use the Stress Test for the Management of Angina," Medical Decision Making, , vol. 9(3), pages 157-161, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:medema:v:9:y:1989:i:3:p:157-161
    DOI: 10.1177/0272989X8900900302
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