Low Yield of Stress Imaging in a Population-Based Study of Asymptomatic Patients After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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http://circimaging.ahajournals.org/content/7/3/438.full

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Conclusions—In a population-based sample of patients undergoing PCI primarily for acute coronary syndromes, 1 in 8 had subsequent stress imaging when they were asymptomatic. These stress imaging tests resulted in further revascularization in <1% of patients. The low rate of downstream revascularization suggests that stress imaging in asymptomatic patients after PCI has low value.