Non-invasive cardiac imaging technologies for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: A summary of evidence-based analyses

Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-40

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METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953865283     PISSN: 19157398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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