American Society of Nuclear Cardiology review of the ACCF/ASNC appropriateness criteria for single-photon emission computed tomagraphy myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT MPI)

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Ward, R Parker ^a   Al Mallah, Mouaz H ^a   Grossman, Gabriel B ^a   Hansen, Christopher L ^a   Hendel, Robert C ^a   Kerwin, Todd C ^a   McCallister, Benjamin D ^a   Mehta, Rupa ^a   Polk, Donna M ^a   Tilkemeier, Peter L ^a   Vashist, Aseem ^a   Williams, Kim Allan ^a   Wolinsky, David G ^a   Ficaro, Edward P ^a  

^a American Society of Nuclear Cardiol   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; TROPONIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL RISK; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 36048979348     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.10.001     Document Type: Editorial

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