U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Routine tests, scans not recommended for patients at low risk for heart disease

Published in Physician Law Weekly, March 10th, 2004

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says it does not recommend using treadmill exercise testing, resting electrocardiograms, or electron beam computerized tomography to screen for heart disease in low-risk adults who don't have any symptoms of heart disease.

For adults at increased risk for heart disease, the Task Force found insufficient evidence for or against using these three tests for screening.

The recommendations are published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Men under age 50 and women under age 60 who have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, do not smoke and do not have diabetes are at low risk of...

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