Are cardiologists truly better at appropriately selecting patients for stress myocardial perfusion imaging?

Rami Doukky; Kathleen Hayes; Nathan Frogge

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.087

Are cardiologists truly better at appropriately selecting patients for stress myocardial perfusion imaging?

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Sep;176(1):285-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.087. Epub 2014 Jul 5.

Authors

Rami Doukky¹, Kathleen Hayes², Nathan Frogge²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, United States; Division of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States.

PMID: 25042647
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.087

No abstract available

Keywords: Appropriate use criteria (AUC); Cardiologist; Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI); Primary care physician (PCP); Provider specialty; Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cardiology / standards*
Cohort Studies
Exercise Test / standards*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / standards*
Patient Selection*
Physicians / standards*
Prospective Studies