Evaluation of Coronary CTA Appropriateness Criteria® in an Academic Medical Center

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Miller, John A ^a   Raichlin, Eugenia ^a   Williamson, Eric E ^a   McCully, Robert B ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Miller, Todd D ^a   Gibbons, Raymond J ^a   Araoz, Philip A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; CT; evidence based medicine; guidelines as a topic; utilization; x ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84928096408     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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