Appropriate use criteria for stress single-photon emission computed tomography sestamibi studies: A quality improvement project

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 499-503

  Gibbons, Raymond J ^a   Askew, J Wells ^a   Hodge, David ^a   Kaping, Beth ^a   Carryer, Damita J ^a   Miller, Todd ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; imaging; radioisotopes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVASCULARIZATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CARDIOLOGY; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79951670176     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.975995     Document Type: Article

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