performed, with more than 400 patterns of testing. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain or spine was ordered in 23.2 % of patients, whereas a glucose tolerance test was rarely obtained (1.0 %). Mean Medicare expenditures were significantly higher in the diagnostic period than in the baseline ...
LV diastolic function (R(2) = 0.21), right ventricular ejection fraction (R(2) = 0.13), N-terminal fragment of the pro-brain natriuretic peptides (R(2) = 0.23) and cardiac troponin (R(2) = 0.33). The