Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical Application of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography Appropriateness Criteria for Transthoracic Echocardiography

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 663-671

  Ward, R Parker ^a   Mansour, Ibrahim N ^a   Lemieux, Nicole ^a   Gera, Nitin ^a   Mehta, Rupa ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

appropriateness criteria; imaging; transthoracic echocardiography; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 51649122249     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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