David E Newby, Philip D Adamson, Colin Berry, Nicholas A Boon, Marc R Dweck, Marcus Flather, John Forbes, Amanda Hunter, Stephanie Lewis, Scott MacLean, Nicholas L Mills, John Norrie, Giles Roditi, Anoop S V Shah, Adam D Timmis, Edwin J R van Beek, Michelle C Williams
BACKGROUND: Although coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) improves diagnostic certainty in the assessment of patients with stable chest pain, its effect on 5-year clinical outcomes is unknown. METHODS: In an open-label, multicenter, parallel-group trial, we randomly assigned 4146 patients with stable chest pain who had been referred to a cardiology clinic for evaluation to standard care plus CTA (2073 patients) or to standard care alone (2073 patients)...
September 6, 2018: New England Journal of Medicine