Patterns of cardiac stress testing after revascularization in community practice

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1328-1334

  Shah, Bimal R ^a,b   Cowper, Patricia A ^a   O'Brien, Sean M ^a   Jensen, Neil ^c   Drawz, Matthew ^c   Patel, Manesh R ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c United Health Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Revascularization; Stress testing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOLOGY; COMMUNITY CARE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART STRESS; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NUCLEAR STRESS IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REPEAT STRESS TESTING; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77957351605     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.093     Document Type: Article

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