Application of appropriate use criteria for stress myocardial perfusion imaging at two academic medical centers: Compliance and association with image findings

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 200-208

  Soine, Laurie A ^a   Cunningham, Susanna L ^a   Motzer, Sandra A ^a   Inoue, Lurdes Y T ^a   Caldwell, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate use criteria; Cardiovascular diagnostic techniques; Quality of health care; Tomography emission computed single photon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84859385729     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2011.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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