Table 5.
Indication | Appropriateness criteria (median score) | Note | |
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Asymptomatic | |||
18 | Normal prior stress test (exercise, nuclear, echo, MRI) | I (3) | ACCF indication no. 11 |
High CHD risk (Framingham) | |||
19 | Equivocal stress test (exercise, stress SPECT, or stress echo) | U (6) | ACCF indication no. 12 |
Intermediate CHD risk (Framingham) | |||
20 | Coronary angiography (catheterization or CT) | A (7) | ACCF indication no. 13 |
Stenosis of unclear significance |