Appropriate test selection for single-photon emission computed tomography imaging: Association with clinical risk, posttest management, and outcomes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 581-588

  Aldweib, Nael ^a   Negishi, Kazuaki ^a   Seicean, Sinziana ^a   Jaber, Wael A ^a   Hachamovitch, Rory ^a   Cerqueira, Manuel ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETHESDA ANGINA SCORE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84883785650     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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