A Multicenter Assessment of the Use of Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging With Appropriateness Criteria

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-162

  Hendel, Robert C ^a   Cerqueira, Manuel ^b   Douglas, Pamela S ^c   Caruth, Karen C ^d   Allen, Joseph M ^d   Jensen, Neil C ^e   Pan, Wenqin ^c   Brindis, Ralph ^f   Wolk, Michael ^g  

^a Midwest Heart Specialists   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

^f Kaiser Oakland Medical Center   (United States)

^g New York Cardiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

appropriateness criteria; diagnostic testing; radionuclide imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 73049086777     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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