Cost-effectiveness of myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT in the emergency department evaluation of patients with unexplained chest pain

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 353-357

  Weissman, Ian A ^a   Dickinson, Christine Z ^b   Dworkin, Howard J ^b   O'Neill, William W ^b   Juni, Jack E ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Myocardium, emission CT

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029876730     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.2.8668777     Document Type: Article

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