Abstract
In July of 2008, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened experts in noninvasive cardiovascular imaging, outcomes research, statistics, and clinical trials to develop recommendations for future randomized controlled trials of the use of imaging in: 1) screening the asymptomatic patient for coronary artery disease; 2) assessment of patients with stable angina; 3) identification of acute coronary syndromes in the emergency room; and 4) assessment of heart failure patients with chronic coronary artery disease with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. This study highlights several possible trial designs for each clinical situation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 212-223 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2009 |
Funding
Dr. Taylor has received research grant support (without salary compensation) and educational honoraria from Abbott Labs for the topic of HDL cholesterol and prevention. Dr. Greenland served as a consultant to GE and Toshiba, and received a small honorarium from Pfizer for a role on a Visiting Professor Selection Committee. Dr. Peacock is on the Scientific Advisory Board, or is a consultant or speaker for Abbott, Beckman Coulter, Biosite, Heartscape, Inovise, Inverness, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, and The Medicines Company. He has received research grants from Abbott, BAS, Biosite, Brahms, Heartscape, Inovise, Inverness, EKR, and The Medicines Company. Also, he has an ownership interest in Vital Sensors. Dr. Udelson is co-PI of the ROMICAT-2 trial, sponsored by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN). He has received research funding and has served as a consultant to Lantheus Medical Imaging and Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals. Drs. Douglas and Taylor are co-first authors. Reviewers for this article are: Stephan Achenbach, MD, Associate Editor, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging; Thomas Marwick, MBBS, PhD, Associate Editor, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging; Christopher Kramer, MD, Associate Editor, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging; Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Associate Editor, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
Keywords
- Cardiovascular imaging
- Chest pain diagnosis
- Clinical trials
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging