Cost-effectiveness of coronary CT angiography versus myocardial perfusion SPECT for evaluation of patients with chest pain and no known coronary artery disease

Radiology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 801-808

  Min, James K ^a   Gilmore, Amanda ^b   Budoff, Matthew J ^c   Berman, Daniel S ^d   O'Day, Ken ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b XCENDA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950138165     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.09090349     Document Type: Article

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