Application of appropriate use criteria to cardiac stress testing in the hospital setting: Limitations of the criteria and areas for improved practice

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 8-12

  Gertz, Zachary M ^a   O'Donnell, William ^b   Raina, Amresh ^c   Litwack, Andrew J ^b   Balderston, Jessica R ^b   Goldberg, Lee R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART STRESS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; CHEST PAIN; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CHEST PAIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84922682734     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22340     Document Type: Article

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