Appropriate use criteria for echocardiography: New applications for a new era of utilization

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 599-602

  Ward, R Parker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861551730     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.04.021     Document Type: Editorial

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