Why all the focus on cardiac imaging?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 789-794

  Shaw, Leslee J ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^b   Zoghbi, William A ^c   Hundley, W Gregory ^d   Kramer, Christopher M ^e   Achenbach, Stephan ^f   Dilsizian, Vasken ^g   Kern, Morton J ^h   Chandrashekhar, Y ⁱ   Narula, Jagat ^h  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 77956621090     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.05.004     Document Type: Editorial

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