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Does a self-report questionnaire of angina symptoms accurately predict the presence of significant coronary artery disease in patients undergoing angiography?
Does a self-report questionnaire of angina symptoms accurately predict the presence of significant coronary artery disease in patients undergoing angiography?
Self-reported chest pain symptoms may paradoxically be more frequent in patients without significant coronary artery disease compared to those with significant angiographic disease.
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Self-reported angina symptoms may not predict significant CAD; challenges consensus and leaves open prospective validation of symptom-based tools.
Greene et al. (1991) studied this question.
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