How to approach an inappropriately ordered myocardial perfusion stress study: A case-based ethics discussion

Ajay V Srivastava¹, Andrew Kontak², Leslee J Shaw^{3

4}, Neal W Dickert Jr^{3

5

6}, Vasken Dilsizian⁷, Sharmila Dorbala⁸, Jamshid Shirani⁹, Andrew J Einstein^{2

10}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. srivastava.ajay@scrippshealth.org.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁶ Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA.
⁷ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁸ Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

Case Reports

Ajay V Srivastava et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;22(5):923-6.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-015-0231-3. Epub 2015 Aug 14.

Ajay V Srivastava¹, Andrew Kontak², Leslee J Shaw^{3

4}, Neal W Dickert Jr^{3

5

6}, Vasken Dilsizian⁷, Sharmila Dorbala⁸, Jamshid Shirani⁹, Andrew J Einstein^{2

10}

¹ Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. srivastava.ajay@scrippshealth.org.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁶ Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA.
⁷ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁸ Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

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