ACC Appropriate Use Criteria Methodology: 2018 Update: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 935-948

  Hendel, Robert C ^a   Lindsay, Bruce D ^a   Allen, Joseph M ^a   Brindis, Ralph G ^a   Patel, Manesh R ^a   White, Leah ^a   Winchester, David E ^a   Wolk, Michael J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Appropriate Use Criteria; methodology; utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 85044845314     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.007     Document Type: Article

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