Cost-effectiveness of myocardial perfusion imaging: A summary of the currently available literature

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 750-759

  Des Prez, Roger D ^a   Shaw, Leslee J ^a   Gillespie, Robert L ^a   Jaber, Wael A ^a   Noble, Gavin L ^a   Soman, Prem ^a   Wolinsky, David G ^a   Williams, Kim A ^a  

^a American Society of Nuclear Cardiol   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 29844455240     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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