Overdiagnosis of coronary artery disease detected by coronary computed tomography angiography: a teachable moment. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Overdiagnosis of coronary artery disease detected by coronary computed tomography angiography: a teachable moment. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published October 2016

Overdiagnosis of coronary artery disease detected by coronary computed tomography angiography: a teachable moment.

Schmidt T, Maag R, Foy AJ. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Oct 31; [Epub ahead of print].

Overdiagnosis can result in financial, psychological, and physical harm to patients. This commentary discusses how a communication gap left a patient uninformed about the risks associated with an invasive cardiac procedure that was later found to be unnecessary.

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