Choosing wisely for syncope: Low-value carotid ultrasound use

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Scott, John W ^a   Schwartz, Aaron L ^b   Gates, Jonathan D ^a   Gerhard Herman, Marie ^a   Havens, Joaquim M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Outcome and process assessment; Syncope; Syncope (fainting); Tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID DUPLEX ULTRASOUND; CAROTID REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; WAVEFORM; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SYNCOPE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939461932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001063     Document Type: Article

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