National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® chronic chest pain — high probability of coronary artery disease.

American College of Radiology
Guideline Title
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® chronic chest pain — high probability of coronary artery disease.

Bibliographic Source(s)
Earls JP, White RD, Woodard PK, Abbara S, Atalay MK, Carr JJ, Haramati LB, Hendel RC, Ho VB, Hoffman U, Khan AR, Mammen L, Martin ET III, Rozenshtein A, Ryan T, Schoepf J, Steiner RM, White CS, Expert Panel on Cardiac Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® chronic chest pain -- high probability of coronary artery disease. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2010. 9 p. [70 references]

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Gerson DS, Rybicki FJ, Yucel EK, Khan A, Haramati LB, Ho VB, Rozenshtein A, Schoepf UJ, Stanford W, Woodard PK, Jaff M, Expert Panel on Cardiac Imaging. Chronic chest pain-suspected cardiac origin. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2006. 6 p. [39 references]

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.

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National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® chronic chest pain — high probability of coronary artery disease.