Appropriateness use criteria for transthoracic echocardiography: Relationship with radiology benefit managers preauthorization determination and comparison of the new (2010) criteria to the original (2007) criteria

American Heart Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 772-779

  Willens, Howard J ^a,b   Hendel, Robert C ^a   Inhaber, Francine R ^b   Chakko, Simon C ^a,b   Postel, Cheryl ^b   Hasan, Tahira ^b   Mohammed, Fareed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATENESS USE CRITERIA; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DIZZINESS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80053632673     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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