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Medico-legal cases involving cardiologists and cardiac test underuse or overuse

This study showed that across 10 years of closed CMPA medico-legal cases, there were no peer expert criticisms of cardiologists for cardiac diagnostic test overuse, despite potential harms from overuse. Criticisms of cardiac test underuse were rare and related to issues with diagnosing symptomatic patients.

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Calder LA, Neilson HK, Whyte EM, Ji J, Bhatia RS. Medico-legal cases involving cardiologists and cardiac test underuse or overuse. CJC Open. 2020 Dec 1;3(4):434-441. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.11.018