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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Nov 18:10.1007/s12350-019-01955-x. doi: 10.1007/s12350-019-01955-x

Table 2.

Frequency of All Symptoms and Indications Obtained via Pilot Clinical Decision Support Mechanism.

Number of Exams (n=288)
Symptom
 Chest pain 161 (55.9%)
  Atypical angina 71 (24.7%)
  Typical angina 56 (19.4%)
  Non-anginal chest pain 34 (11.8%)
 Heart failure signs or symptoms 43 (14.9%)
 Dyspnea 38 (13.2%)
 Palpitations 16 (5.6%)
 Syncope/Pre-syncope 16 (5.6%)
 Asymptomatic 14 (4.9%)
Indication
 Known CAD; evaluate presence/amount of ischemia 145 (50.4%)
 No known CAD; evaluate for symptoms which are suspicious for CAD 117 (40.6%)
 Evaluate cause of LV dysfunction of unknown etiology 18 (6.3%)
 Pre-operative evaluation 5 (1.7%)
 Asymptomatic patient; risk assessment 3 (1.0%)

CAD = coronary artery disease. LV = left ventricular.