Impact on service provision for non-invasive cardiac imaging following NICE recommendations: An observational study

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1029, 2011, Pages 445-449

  Garg, Pankaj ^a   Ashrafi, Reza ^a   Feeney, Laura ^a   Lagan, Jakub ^a   Wong, Peter ^a   Rodrigues, Erwin ^a   Davis, Gershan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STABLE CHEST PAIN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959642442     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.112003     Document Type: Article

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