Inappropriateness of cardiovascular radiological imaging testing; a tertiary care referral center study.

AIMS: Radiological inappropriateness in medical imaging leads to loss of resources and accumulation of avoidable population cancer risk. Aim of the study was to audit the appropriateness rate of different cardiac radiological examinations. METHODS AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: With a retrospective, observ...

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Main Authors: Clara Carpeggiani, Paolo Marraccini, Maria Aurora Morales, Renato Prediletto, Patrizia Landi, Eugenio Picano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3842240?pdf=render