Sico JJ, et al. - Given that American Heart Association/American Stroke Association expert consensus guidelines recommend consideration of cardiac stress testing to screen for occult coronary heart disease (CHD) among patients with ischemic stroke/TIA who have a high-risk Framingham Cardiac Risk Score (FCRS), the researchers analyzed whether this guideline is being implemented in routine clinical practice and explored the relationship of its implementation with mortality. In this investigation, members were Veterans with stroke/TIA (n = 11,306) during the fiscal year 2011 who presented to a VA Emergency Department or who were admitted. Data reported that cardiac screening was relatively uncommon and was not correlated with 1-year mortality in this observational cohort study of patients with cerebrovascular disease