How to approach an inappropriately ordered myocardial perfusion stress study: A case-based ethics discussion.
Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. srivastava.ajay@scrippshealth.org.
Ajay V
AV
Srivastava
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.|Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Leslee J
LJ
Shaw
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
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Vasken
V
Dilsizian
Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Sharmila
S
Dorbala
Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Jamshid
J
Shirani
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
D000328:Adult; D002309:Cardiology / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D003142:Communication; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012306:Risk; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures