Assessing the prognostic value of cardiovascular imaging: A statistical exercise or a guide to clinical value and application?

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1342-1344

  Hachamovitch, Rory ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Editorials; Follow up studies; Imaging; Ischemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349754504     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.893388     Document Type: Editorial

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