Comparison of the 2008 and 2011 appropriate use criteria for stress echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 339-343

  Bhatia, R Sacha ^a   Kumar, Vishesh ^a   Picard, Michael H ^a   Weiner, Rory B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate use criteria; Stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875552743     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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