There is little evidence that detection of coronary artery stenosis in asymptomatic patients at low risk for coronary heart disease improves health outcomes. False positive tests are likely to lead to harm through unnecessary invasive procedures, over-treatment and misdiagnosis. Chest X-rays for asymptomatic patients with no specific indications for the imaging have a trivial diagnostic yield, but a significant number of false positive reports. Potential harms of such routine screening exceed the potential benefit.
Conditions: Low-Risk Asymptomatic Outpatients, Coroanry Artery Disease (CAD)
Diagnostic Tests: Chest Radiography, Chest X-Ray (CXR), Electrocardiogram (ECG)
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