The nuclear cardiology report: Problems, predictors, and improvement. A report from the ICANL database

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 858-868

  Tilkemeier, Peter L ^a,b   Serber, Eva R ^a,c   Farrell, Mary Beth ^d  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic and prognostic application; Outcomes research; SPECT

Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INTERSOCIETAL COMMISSION FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE LABORATORIES; LABORATORY; MANAGED CARE; NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY LABORATORY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CARDIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 83255185239     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9390-z     Document Type: Article

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