Appropriate use of cardiac stress testing with imaging: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Ladapo, Joseph A ^a   Blecker, Saul ^b   O'Donnell, Michael ^b   Jumkhawala, Saahil A ^c   Douglas, Pamela S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; META ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84984819844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161153     Document Type: Review

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