Canadian Cardiovascular Society

On April 2, 2014, the society released a list of "Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question" as part of the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign.

Don’t perform stress cardiac imaging or advanced non-invasive imaging when initially evaluating patients when there are no cardiac symptoms present unless the patient has high-risk markers.

Don’t perform echocardiography in routine follow-up for adult patients who have mild, asymptomatic native valve disease with no change in signs or symptoms.

Don’t order annual electrocardiograms (ECGs) in patients who are low-risk and do not have any symptoms.

[6] The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Angina Grading Scale is commonly used for the classification of severity of angina:[7] It is similar to the New York Heart Association Functional Classification of heart failure.