Applicability of the appropriate use criteria for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in Italy: Preliminary results

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1695-1700

  Medolago, G ^a   Marcassa, C ^b   Alkraisheh, A ^c   Campini, R ^b   Ghilardi, A ^a   Giubbini, R ^c  

^a Unit of Nuclear Medicine   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appropriate use criteria; Myocardial imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84906048315     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-014-2743-5     Document Type: Article

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