Stressing Wisely: Selecting the Right Ischemic Test

Describe a patient with suspected or known chronic coronary disease and see which stress test or imaging study best fits, according to the current appropriate use criteria.

For internal medicine and primary care clinicians, cardiology fellows, NPs and PAs. An educational tool by Ruey Hu and the Computational Cardiology Team. It does not replace clinical judgment.

What is on this site

• The scenario builder above, which rates each testing modality for a stable outpatient scenario and shows the criterion or inference behind every rating.
• Learn: 21 short lessons on the tests used to look for ischemic heart disease, each with a 60-second take.
• Definitions: terms as the source documents define them, with their citations.
• References: the documents behind the ratings and everything cited in Learn.
• About and Team: the scope of the tool and who builds it.