{"id":7597,"date":"2017-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesontario.wpengine.com\/news-releases\/researchers-find-older-and-cheaper-test-for-heart-disease-just-as-effective-as-newer-tests\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T18:15:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:15:35","slug":"researchers-find-older-and-cheaper-test-for-heart-disease-just-as-effective-as-newer-tests","status":"publish","type":"news_release","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/news-releases\/researchers-find-older-and-cheaper-test-for-heart-disease-just-as-effective-as-newer-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers find older and cheaper test for heart disease just as effective as newer tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An older and less expensive non-invasive diagnostic test called the graded exercise stress test (GXT), that measures for blockages in the heart arteries, is as effective as the newer, more expensive cardiac tests according to a new study from the<span class=\"bold\"> Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Physicians use diagnostic imaging and testing to determine the cause of coronary artery disease (CAD), the second leading cause of death in Canada.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"download-section alignwide infographic-download\" id=\"block_5eb469d2b5cb151ef536009ea3c39c1d\" data-style=\"deep-blue\">\n\t<div class=\"download-section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tInfographic\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"download-section-buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"download-section-buttons-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RoifmanCADFIN.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\tdownload\t\t\taria-label=\"Download Infographic (opens in a new tab)\"\t\t>\n\t\t\tDownload Infographic\t\t\t<svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" role=\"presentation\">\n<path d=\"M2.78003 18.8301C2.14282 18.8301 1.59713 18.603 1.14297 18.1488C0.688813 17.6947 0.46212 17.1494 0.462893 16.5129V13.0372H2.78003V16.5129H16.6829V13.0372H19V16.5129C19 17.1502 18.7729 17.6958 18.3188 18.15C17.8646 18.6042 17.3193 18.8308 16.6829 18.8301H2.78003ZM9.73145 14.1958L3.9386 8.40295L5.5606 6.72303L8.57288 9.73531V0.292969H10.89V9.73531L13.9023 6.72303L15.5243 8.40295L9.73145 14.1958Z\" fill=\"#151D5D\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"download-section-buttons-secondary\" data-infographic-popup-open=\"block_5eb469d2b5cb151ef536009ea3c39c1d-infographic-popup\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\">\n\t\t\t\tClick to View\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"infographic-popup\" id=\"block_5eb469d2b5cb151ef536009ea3c39c1d-infographic-popup\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-label=\"Infographic\" hidden>\n\t\t<div class=\"infographic-popup-overlay\" data-infographic-popup-close><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"infographic-popup-container\">\n\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"infographic-popup-close\" data-infographic-popup-close aria-label=\"Close infographic\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"infographic-popup-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RoifmanCADFIN.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The study published today in the <em>Journal of the American Heart Association <\/em>looked at all patients in Ontario, 20 years of age or older who underwent a non-invasive diagnostic test and received coronary angiography from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012. <\/p>\n<p>&#x201c;Diagnostic imaging and testing has been under the microscope recently due to the large growth in utilization. We have multiple testing options that have been developed over the past few years. There isn&#x2019;t consensus on which testing option should initially be used for the evaluation of patients with stable CAD.&#xa0; The evidence behind using one testing strategy over the other is currently not very strong,&#x201d; says <a href=\"\/ices-scientists\/idan-roifman\/\">Dr. Idan Roifman<\/a>, an adjunct scientist at ICES, staff cardiologist at Schulich Heart Centre and lead author of the study. <\/p>\n<p>Currently there are four tests used in Ontario for CAD: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-style\">\n<li>exercise stress test (GXT)<\/li>\n<li>myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), <\/li>\n<li>coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)<\/li>\n<li>stress echocardiography (stress echo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#x201c;There is a trend to do tests other than GXT as first line tests with the thought being that they provide more information about heart structure and\/or function. We therefore expected clinical outcomes to be better for those patients who had one of the non-GXT tests as their initial testing strategy. Instead, we found that none of the other tests performed better at identifying patients with significant coronary disease than the oldest and least expensive one, the GXT,&#x201d; adds Roifman.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers stress that not all patients would be eligible to undergo GXT as the first line test. Approximately 20 per cent of patients cannot undergo a GXT because it would be uninterpretable due to other contraindications.<\/p>\n<p>&#x201c;But often times, physicians were ordering the other tests as first line tests even in those who could undergo GXT. 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