Downstream clinical implications of abnormal myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography based on appropriate use criteria

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1041-1048

  Khawaja, Farhan J ^a   Jouni, Hayan ^b   Miller, Todd D ^b   Hodge, David O ^b   Gibbons, Raymond J ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate use criteria; cardiac stress testing; coronary artery disease; myocardial perfusion imaging; single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84890944855     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-013-9794-z     Document Type: Article

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