Asymptomatic, low-risk patients account for up to 45 percent of unnecessary “screening”. Testing should be performed only when the following findings are present: diabetes in patients older than 40-years-old; peripheral arterial disease; or greater than 2 percent yearly risk for coronary heart disease events.

Conditions: Asymptomatic Patients, Low Cardiac Risk

Diagnostic Tests: Stress Cardiac Imaging, Stress Nuclear, Stress MIBI, Stress Echocardiography, CT Coronary Angiogram