Clinical utility of inappropriate positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging: Test results and cardiovascular events

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-15

  Winchester, David E ^a,b   Chauffe, Ryan J ^b   Meral, Ryan ^b   Nguyen, Daniel ^b   Ryals, Scott ^b   Dusaj, Raman ^a,b   Shaw, Leslee ^c   Beyth, Rebecca J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

appropriate use criteria; Myocardial perfusion imaging: PET; outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939874446     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-014-9925-1     Document Type: Article

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