Single-photon emission computed tomography appropriateness: Does it matter for patient outcomes?

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1595-1597

  Gibbons, Raymond J ^a   Miller, Todd D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging techniques; Editorials

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAZARD; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EDITORIALS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84885868131     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005595     Document Type: Review

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