Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Imaging. Report of a Workshop Sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 897-907

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Taylor, Allen ^b   Bild, Diane ^c   Bonow, Robert ^d   Greenland, Philip ^d   Lauer, Michael ^c   Peacock, Frank ^e   Udelson, James ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular imaging; chest pain diagnosis; clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650260709     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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