Coronary Artery Calcium and Shared Decision Making

Assessing Practitioners’ and Patients’ Needs Regarding Shared Decision-Making and Decision Aids

       Background: As part of the process of developing a decision aid for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) according to the Ottawa Decision Support Framework, we were interested in the level of ‘decisional conflict’ of hand surgeons and patients with CTS. This study addresses the null hypothesis that there is no difference between surgeon and patient decisional conflict with respect to test and tr...

Shared Decision Making in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease: PCI Choice

BACKGROUND Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and optimal medical therapy (OMT) are comparable, alternative therapies for many patients with stable angina; however, patients may have misconceptions regarding the impact of PCI on risk of death and myocardial infarction (MI) in stable coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS We designed and developed a patient-centered decision ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score – a prognostic tool in coronary artery disease?

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of measurement of coronary artery calcification score (CAC) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) and a normal myocardial perfusion scan. Methods: In a prospective study we measured the calcium score of 74 patients (29 m, 45 f, mean age 58.7 (m) and 64.4 (f)) with suspicion of CAD and a normal perfusion scan. In ...

Shared clinical decision making

ىضرلما تابغرو تاهجو ديدتح ىلإ ةساردلا هذه فدهت :فادهلأا جلاعب صالخا يبطلا رارقلا ذاختا يف مهتكراشم ىدم صوصخب .تابغرلا كلت ديدتح يف ةرثؤلما لماوعلا ةساردو ةيحصلا مهلكاشم ىربكلا ةلئاعلا بط زكارم دحأ يف ةيعطقم ةسارد تيرجأ :ةقيرطلا ةيدوعسلا ةيبرعلا ةكلملما ،ضايرلا ،ةيبطلا زيزعلادبع كللما ةنيدم يف ليلحتلا جذونم مادختسا تمو .م2012 ويام ىلإ سرام نم ةرتفلا يف .ىضرلما تابغر ديدتح يف ةرثؤلما لماوعلا ديدح...

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