Inappropriate utilization of SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging on the USA-Mexico border

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 544-552

  Lalude, Omosalewa O ^a   Gutarra, Mell F ^b   Pollono, Eduardo N ^c   Lee, Soyoung ^d   Tarwater, Patrick M ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Department of Health and Human Services State of Texas ^*  (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

appropriate use criteria; Myocardial perfusion imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SCINTISCANNING; SEX RATIO; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOLOGY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84901666925     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-014-9881-9     Document Type: Article

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