CardioExchange Archive

CardioExchange, an NEJM practice community for medical professionals dedicated to improving cardiac patient care, was active from 2009 to 2015. CardioExchange fostered discussion between clinicians from across the globe.

Posts Tagged ‘screening tests’

July 8th, 2014

USPSTF Finalizes Recommendations on Carotid Artery Stenosis Screening

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended against screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in the general adult population (grade D recommendation). Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the statement reiterates the group’s 2007 guidance. The harms of screening outweigh the benefits, the task force says. The groups notes that all screening strategies (e.g., […]

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June 23rd, 2014

Unethical Health Screening: When Unnecessary Tests Do More Harm Than Good

Ethan Weiss discusses how unnecessary cardiovascular screening can lead to serious consequences.

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February 28th, 2011

What is the Role of CV Screening Tests in Medicine and Legislation?

Three papers in Archives of Internal Medicine scrutinize the role of cardiovascular screening tests not only in medicine but in legislation. In the first article, Nicholas Wald and Joan Morris introduce a new interactive tool that determines the detection and false-positive rates of screening tests. The authors illustrate the value of the tool with the examples […]

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