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. 2019 Jul 10;8(3):e000487.
doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000487. eCollection 2019.

Prevalence and clinical characteristics of inappropriate myocardial perfusion imaging tests at a community hospital

Nadia Isabel Abelhad  1 , Kendall J Kiser  1 , Andres Hughes  1 , Michael A Hust  1 , Enrique Garcia Sayan  1 , Siddharth K Prakash  1
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Prevalence and clinical characteristics of inappropriate myocardial perfusion imaging tests at a community hospital

Nadia Isabel Abelhad et al. BMJ Open Qual. .
No abstract available

Keywords: appropriateness criteria; cardiac stress testing; echo; myocardial perfusion; quality improvement.

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