Cardiovascular Imaging Research at the Crossroads

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-324

  Shaw, Leslee J ^a   Min, James K ^b   Hachamovitch, Rory ^c   Peterson, Eric D ^d   Hendel, Robert C ^e   Woodard, Pamela K ^f   Berman, Daniel S ^c   Douglas, Pamela S ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Riverwoods   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

health policy; imaging; research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 77649298741     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Vitola JV, Shaw LJ, Allam A, et al. Assessing the need for nuclear cardiology and other advanced cardiac imaging modalities in the developing world. J Nucl Cardiol. In press.
2. Prevalence of heart disease-United States, 2005. MMWR Weekly 56 (2007) 113-118. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5606a2.htm Accessed July 1, 2009
3. Lloyd-Jones D., Adams R., Carnethon M., et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics-2009 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation 119 (2009) e21-e181
4. Douglas P.S., Chen J., Gillam L., et al. Achieving Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging II. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2 (2009) 231-240
5. Keehan S., Sisko A., Truffer C., et al. Health spending projections through 2017. Health Aff (Millwood) 27 (2008) w145-w155
6. Sisko A., Truffer C., Smith S., et al. Health spending projections through 2018. Health Aff (Millwood) 28 (2009) w346-w357
7. http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10027? Accessed February 8, 2010
8. Iglehart J.K. Health insurers and medical-imaging policy. N Engl J Med 360 (2009) 1030-1037
9. Levin D.S., Rao V.M., Parker L., Frangos A.J., and Intenzo C.M. Recent payment and utilization trends in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging: comparison between self-referral and referral to radiologists. J Am Coll Radiol 6 (2009) 437-441
10. Mieres J.H. Imaging for patient-centered outcomes. J Nucl Cardiol 16 (2006) 481-482
11. Lucas F.L., DeLorenzo M.A., Siewers A.E., and Wennberg D.E. Temporal trends in the utilization of and treatments for cardiovascular disease in the United States. Circulation 113 (2006) 427-437
12. IMV 2007 Nuclear Medicine Market Summary Report (October 1, 2007), IMV Medical Information Division, Des Plaines, Illinois
13. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Data Compendium. 2008 edition. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/DataCompendium/16_2008_Data_Compendium.asp#TopOfP age Accessed July 8, 2009
14. Ford E.S., Ajani U.A., Croft J.B., et al. Explaining the decrease in U.S. deaths from coronary disease, 1980-2000. N Engl J Med 356 (2007) 2388-2398
15. Medicare Part B Imaging Services: Rapid Spending Growth and Shift to Physician Offices Indicate Need for CMS to Consider Additional Management Practices (June 2008), U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08452.pdf Accessed July 1, 2009
16. Gibbons R.J., Miller T.D., Hodge D., et al. Application of appropriateness criteria to stress single-photon emission computed tomography sestamibi studies and stress echocardiograms in an academic medical center. J Am Coll Cardiol 51 (2008) 1283-1289
17. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-15835.htm? Accessed February 8, 2010
18. Healthy Aging. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website. http://www.cdc.gov/aging/ Accessed July 1, 2009
19. Overweight and Obesity. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website. http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/ Accessed July 1, 2009
20. Diabetes Public Health Resource. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Website. http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ Accessed July 1, 2009
21. Pearlman A.S., Ryan T., Picard M.H., and Douglas P.S. Evolving trends in the use of echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 49 (2007) 2283-2291
22. Shaw L.J., Hendel R.C., Cerquiera M., et al. Ethnic differences in the prognostic value of stress tc-99m tetrofosmin gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 45 (2005) 1494-1504
23. Berman D.S., Kang X., Hayes S.W., et al. Adenosine myocardial perfusion SPECT in women compared with men. J Am Coll Cardiol 41 (2003) 1125-1133
24. Hendel R.C., Berman D.S., Di Carli M.F., et al. ACCF/ASNC/ACR/AHA/ASE/SCCT/SCMR/SNM 2009 appropriate use criteria for cardiac radionuclide imaging: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the American College of Radiology, the American Heart Association, the American Society of Echocardiography, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Nuclear Medicine. J Am Coll Cardiol 53 (2009) 2201-2229
25. Douglas P.S., Khandheria B., Stainback R.F., et al. ACCF/ASE/ACEP/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2007 appropriateness criteria for transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Quality Strategic Directions Committee Appropriateness Criteria Working Group, American Society of Echocardiography, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance endorsed by the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. J Am Coll Cardiol 50 (2007) 187-204
26. Appropriate Use Criteria. http://www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/auc.htm Accessed January 31, 2010
27. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. American College of Radiology Website. http://www.acr.org/SecondaryMainMenuCategories/quality_safety/app_criter ia.aspx Accessed July 1, 2009
28. Outcomes Research. Fact Sheet. AHRQ Publication No. 00-P011, March 2000 (2000), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/outfact.htm Accessed July 1, 2009
29. Krumholz H.M. Outcomes research. Circulation 118 (2008) 309-318
30. HHS Names Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research (March 2009), Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/03/20090319a.html Accessed July 1, 2009
31. Draft Definition, Prioritization Criteria, and Strategic Framework for Public Comment. Department of Health and Human Services Website. http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/cer/draftdefinition.html Accessed July 1, 2009
32. Decision Memo for Computed Tomographic Angiography (CAG-00385N). March 2008. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Website. https://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/viewdecisionmemo.asp?from2=viewdecisionmemo. asp&id=206& Accessed March 12, 2008
33. Matchar D.B., Mark D.B., Patel M.R., et al., Duke Evidence-based Practice Center. Non-invasive imaging for coronary artery disease (2006), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/determinationprocess/downloads/id34TA.pdf Accessed March 12, 2008
34. Mol B.W., Lijmer J.G., Evers J.L., and Bossuyt P.M. Characteristics of good diagnostic studies. Semin Reprod Med 21 (2003) 17-25
35. Gibbons R.J., Gardner T.J., Anderson J.L., et al. The American Heart Association's principles for comparative effectiveness research. Circulation 119 (2009) 2955-2962
36. Metz L.D., Beattie M., Hom R., Redberg R.F., Grady D., and Fleischmann K.E. The prognostic value of normal exercise myocardial perfusion imaging and exercise echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 49 (2007) 227-237
37. Shaw L.J., and Narula J. Cardiovascular imaging quality. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 1 (2008) 266-269
38. Hadamitzky M., Freiβmuth B., Meyer T., et al. Prognostic value of coronary computed tomographic angiography for prediction of cardiac events in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2 (2009) 404-411
39. Shaw L.J., Berman D.S., Maron D.J., et al. Optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention to reduce ischemic burden. Circulation 117 (2008) 1283-1291
40. Thornbury J.R., and Fryback D.G. Technology assessment. Eur J Radiol 14 (1992) 147-156
41. Fryback D.G., and Thornbury J.R. The efficacy of diagnostic imaging. Med Decis Making 11 (1991) 88-94
42. Bonow R.O. Sixth Annual Mario S. Verani, MD Memorial Lecture: cardiovascular imaging-added value or added cost?. J Nucl Cardiol 15 (2008) 170-177
43. Pencina M.J., D'Agostino Sr. R.B., D'Agostino Jr. R.B., and Vasan R.S. Evaluating the added predictive ability of a new marker: from area under the ROC curve to reclassification and beyond. Stat Med 27 (2008) 157-172
44. Tunis S.R., Stryer D.B., and Clancy C.M. Practical clinical trials. JAMA 290 (2003) 1624-1632
45. Dhruva S.S., and Redberg R.F. Variations between clinical trial participants and Medicare beneficiaries in evidence used for Medicare national coverage decisions. Arch Intern Med 168 (2008) 136-140
46. Dhruva S.S., Phurrough S.E., Salive M.E., and Redberg R.F. CMS's landmark decision on CT colonography. N Engl J Med 360 (2009) 2699-2701
47. Douglas P.S., Taylor A., Bild D.E., et al. Outcomes research in cardiovascular imaging: report of a workshop sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2 (2009) 897-907
48. http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12648? Accessed February 8, 2010
49. Gawande A. The Cost Conundrum Redux. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/06/atul-gawande-the- cost-conundrum-redux.html Accessed July 1, 2009
50. Raff G.L., Chinnaiyan K.M., Share D.A., et al. Radiation dose from cardiac computed tomography before and after implementation of radiation dose-reduction techniques. JAMA 301 (2009) 2340-2348
51. Nabel E.G. Shaping the future of research: the NHLBI strategic plan. Blood 110 (2007) 4143
52. CathPCI Registry. National Cardiovascular Data Registry Website. https://www.ncdr.com/webncdr/DefaultCathPCI.aspx Accessed July 1, 2009
53. Dickens C. http://www.bartleby.com/73/1818.html Accessed February 19, 2010