Temporal trend and regional disparity in the investigations for stable chest pain in Europe: An insight from the PIONEER IV trial

Affiliations

• ¹ Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Corrib Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
• ² Corrib Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland; CÚRAM Center for Research in Medical Devices, University of Galway, H91 W2TY Galway, Ireland. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ³ Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre, Groningen, the Netherlands.
• ⁴ Department of Cardiology, Saolta Group, Galway University Hospital Health Service Executive and University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
• ⁵ Algemeen Stedelijk Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium.
• ⁶ Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium.
• ⁷ Cardiothroacic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
• ⁸ Heart Centre, Imelda Hospital Bonheiden, Bonheiden, Belgium.
• ⁹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton & Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
• ¹⁰ Corrib Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland; Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• ¹¹ Corrib Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
• ¹² Barts Heart Centre and Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
• ¹³ Department of Cardiology, Maasstad Hospital, 3079 DZ Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
• ¹⁴ Department of Cardiology, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, UK; School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
• ¹⁵ Department of Radiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
• ¹⁶ Center for Molecular Cardiology Schlieren Campus, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland; Heart Division, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital GSTT and National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
• ¹⁷ Corrib Research Centre for Advanced Imaging and Core Laboratory, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland; Department of Cardiology, Saolta Group, Galway University Hospital Health Service Executive and University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.