Ambulatory cardiac single-photon emission computed tomography at the primary care physician's office: A descriptive study

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 328-335

  Chaptini, Nayla ^b   Dontaraju, Venkata Satish ^b   Concepcion, Frederman ^b   Muradi, Hazem Al ^b   Alyousef, Tareq ^b   Del Pilar Aristizábal Canaval, Maria ^b   Doukky, Rami ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse events; ambulatory; cardiac SPECT; mobile nuclear cardiology laboratory; myocardial perfusion imaging; point of care testing; primary care physician; safety; stress testing

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AMBULATORY CARE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77957366638     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0b013e3181f53458     Document Type: Article

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