From MedPage Today:
Scheduling an exercise stress test before angina patients leave the emergency department more than doubles the likelihood that they will have the test, Australian researchers found.
The rate of stress test completion was 75% among patients given an appointment while still at the ER, but 31% when told to make an appointment on their own (adjusted P<0.001), Kevin Chung, MD, of the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle, Australia, and colleagues reported here at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.
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