Duke Treadmill Score
Diagnoses and prognoses suspected CAD based on the treadmill exercise test.
Advice
- Based on score results, clinicians may decide to proceed with cardiac catheterization for suspected coronary artery disease.
- The 1997 ACC/AHA Guidelines for Exercise Testing and 2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease state that the Duke Treadmill Score is a validated tool for risk assessment for coronary artery disease.
- The 1997 ACC/AHA Guidelines for Exercise Testing state if a patient has an exercise stress test with a high risk Duke Treadmill Score (<-10), coronary angiography should be considered.