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Echocardiography Most Common Imaging Modality For HF In Canada

13/08/2019


Aunt Minnie (8/9, Kim) reported that “although CT and MRI have taken on a growing role in recent years, resting echocardiography remains by far the most widely used imaging modality for heart failure (HF) patients in Canada,” according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The researchers “examined trends in heart failure imaging based on the data of 882,355 adults drawn from the Ontario Heart Failure Cohort, a database of all patients in Ontario with heart failure.” They “discovered that resting transthoracic echocardiography was the most widely used exam for heart failure and accounted for approximately 53% of the $49.6 million Canadian ($37.8 million U.S.) spent on cardiac imaging in 2016.” Meanwhile, “myocardial perfusion scintigraphy contributed 25% of the costs, while invasive coronary angiography added 17%.”