TY - JOUR
T1 - Vulnerable patients are between a 'ROC and a hard place'
T2 - Yes, it's time to screen for coronary artery disease
AU - Naghavi, Morteza
AU - Hecht, Harvey S.
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - In summary, we hope that practitioners will ignore the efforts of those who would delay the implementation of the most powerful screening tool for coronary artery disease currently available. Dr. Lauer demands a level of evidence that has never been provided in any area of cardiology Furthermore, screening has already been endorsed by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association for use in the intermediate-risk population. The millions of people at risk of heart attack should not be stuck between the "ROC" of demanding impossibly stringent evidence in support of coronary artery calcium screening and the "hard place" of the unacceptable status quo.
AB - In summary, we hope that practitioners will ignore the efforts of those who would delay the implementation of the most powerful screening tool for coronary artery disease currently available. Dr. Lauer demands a level of evidence that has never been provided in any area of cardiology Furthermore, screening has already been endorsed by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association for use in the intermediate-risk population. The millions of people at risk of heart attack should not be stuck between the "ROC" of demanding impossibly stringent evidence in support of coronary artery calcium screening and the "hard place" of the unacceptable status quo.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36049048219&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3949/ccjm.74.10.757
DO - 10.3949/ccjm.74.10.757
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 17941298
AN - SCOPUS:36049048219
SN - 0891-1150
VL - 74
SP - 757
EP - 758
JO - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
IS - 10
ER -