Responsibility for follow-up of abnormal findings in myocardial perfusion imaging: A case-based ethics discussion.
Department of Cardiology, Deborah Heart and Lung Hospital Center, Browns Mills, NJ, USA. renee.palmer@gmail.com.
Renee
R
Bullock-Palmer
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Andrew
A
Kontak
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.|Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.|Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA.
Neal W
NW
Dickert
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.|Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Leslee J
LJ
Shaw
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
Vasken
V
Dilsizian
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Thomas A
TA
Holly
Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Jamshid
J
Shirani
Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Sharmila
S
Dorbala
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.|Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Andrew J
AJ
Einstein
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