ACC/AHA/ASNC guidelines for the clinical use of cardiac radionuclide imaging - Executive summary: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASNC Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging)

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1404-1418

  Klocke, Francis J ^a   Baird, Michael G ^a   Lorell, Beverly H ^a   Bateman, Timothy M ^a   Messer, Joseph V ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^a   O'Gara, Patrick T ^a   Carabello, Blase A ^a   Russell Jr , Richard O ^a   Cerqueira, Manuel D ^a   St John Sutton, Martin G ^a   DeMaria, Anthony N ^a   Udelson, James E ^a   Kennedy, J Ward ^a   Verani, Mario S ^a   Williams, Kim Allan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ACC AHA guidelines; Imaging; Radioisotopes; Testing

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; DOXORUBICIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; SYNDROME;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0141430974     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000080946.42225.4D     Document Type: Review

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