Assessing the need for nuclear cardiology and other advanced cardiac imaging modalities in the developing world

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 956-961

  Vitola, João V ^a   Shaw, Leslee J ^b   Allam, Adel H ^c   Orellana, Pilar ^d   Peix, Amalia ^e   Ellmann, Annare ^f   Allman, Kevin C ^g   Lee, B N ^h   Siritara, Chanika ⁱ   Keng, Felix Y J ^j   Sambuceti, Gianmario ^k   Kiess, Marla C ^l   Giubbini, Raffaele ^m   Bouyoucef, Salaheddine E ⁿ   He, Zuo Xiang ^o   Thomas, Gregory S ^p   Mut, Fernando ^q   Dondi, Maurizio ^q  

^a Quanta Diagnostico Nuclear   (Brazil)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e Institute of Cardiology   (Cuba)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h PUTRAJAYA HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

ⁱ MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^j DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^m SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

ⁿ CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

^o FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

more..

Author keywords

Education; Nuclear cardiology; Population; Training; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ARGENTINA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLOMBIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JAPAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

CARDIOLOGY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 72249105515     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-009-9104-y     Document Type: Review

References (17)

1. http://www.who.int/cardiovascular-diseases/en/. Accessed 4 June 2008.
2. http://www.who.int/infobase/reportviewer.aspx?uncode=682&rptcode= BCP&dm=2. Accessed 4 June 2008.
3. http://www.diabetes.org.br/english/. Accessed 4 June 2008.
4. http://www.diabetesindia.com/diabetes/index.htm. Accessed 4 June 2008.
5. http://www.eatlas.idf.org/media/. Accessed 4 June 2008.
6. http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5206a2.htm. Accessed 4 June 2008.
7. S Stewart A Jenkins S Buchan A McGuire S Capewell JJ McMurray 2002 The current cost of heart failure to the National Heart Service in the UK Eur J Ht Failure 4 3 361 371 10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00198-2 (Pubitemid 35190362)
8. http://www.heartstats.org/datapage.asp?id=817. Accessed 5 June 2008.
9. IMV Medical Information Division, Inc., 2007 Nuclear Medicine Market Summary Report.
10. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08452.pdf. Accessed 9 February 2009.
11. AG Fraser PT Buser JJ Bax WR Dassen P Nihoyannopoulos J Schwitter, et al. 2006 The future of cardiovascular imaging and non-invasive diagnosis: A joint statement from the European Association of Echocardiography, the Working Groups on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Computers in Cardiology, and Nuclear Cardiology, of the European Society of Cardiology, the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, and the Association for European Paediatric Cardiology Eur Heart J 27 14 1750 1753 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl031 16820369 (Pubitemid 44025364)
12. http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/j.jacc.2008.10.004. Accessed 10 May 2009.
13. http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/51/3/368. Accessed 10 May 2009.
14. GA Beller RO Bonow V Fuster 2008 ACCF 2008 recommendations for training in adult cardiovascular medicine core cardiovascular training (COCATS 3) J Am Coll Cardiol 51 335 338 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.11.008 18206749
15. RG Brindis PDS Douglas RC Hendel ED Peterson M Wolk J Allen, et al. 2005 ACCF/ASNC appropriateness criteria for single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT MPI) J Am Coll Cardiol 46 1587 1605 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.029 16226194 (Pubitemid 41446203)
16. http://www.icanl.org/icanl/index.htm. Accessed 10 May 2009.
17. Quality management audits in nuclear medicine practice. http://www.pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/PUB1371-web.pdf. Accessed February 2009.