ACCF/ASE/ACEP/AHA/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2008 Appropriateness Criteria for Stress Echocardiography. A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriateness Criteria Task Force, American Society of Echocardiography, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Heart Association, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions...

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1127-1147

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a,a   Khandheria, Bijoy ^a   Stainback, Raymond F ^a   Weissman, Neil J ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Hendel, Robert C ^a,a   Blaivas, Michael ^a   Des Prez, Roger D ^a   Gillam, Linda D ^a   Golash, Terry ^a   Hiratzka, Loren F ^a   Kussmaul, William G ^a   Labovitz, Arthur J ^a   Lindenfeld, JoAnn ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a   Mayo, Paul H ^a   Porembka, David ^a   Spertus, John A ^a   Wann, L Samuel ^a   Wiegers, Susan E ^a   Brindis, Ralph G ^a   Patel, Manesh R ^a   Wolk, Michael J ^a   Allen, Joseph M ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

appropriateness criteria; cardiac imaging; coronary artery disease; diagnostic testing; stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 40749124870     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.12.005     Document Type: Review

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