Stress testing post-PCI ‘no benefit to high-risk patients’
A randomised trial finds such surveillance leads to invasive interventions that don’t reduce further CV events
Routine functional testing in high-risk but asymptomatic patients after percutaneous coronary intervention is no more beneficial than standard care alone, cardiologists have confirmed.
New research suggests that stress testing not only fails to improve clinical outcomes but could also lead to more frequent coronary angiography and repeat revascularisation.
