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Detection of ischaemic heart disease in symptomatic women

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The 2014 revision of the 2005 AHA consensus statement on the evaluation of women with suspected ischaemic heart disease is a major update. The authors discuss the spectrum of ischaemic heart disease and review new data on the diagnostic and prognostic performance of the various diagnostic testing modalities now available.

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15261, PA, USA

    Lewis H. Kuller

  2. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, 15213, PA, USA

    Timothy C. Wong

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Kuller, L., Wong, T. Detection of ischaemic heart disease in symptomatic women. Nat Rev Cardiol 11, 505–506 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2014.110

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