Comparative Use of Radionuclide Stress Testing, Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning, and Noninvasive Coronary Angiography for Diagnostic and Prognostic Cardiac Assessment

Berman, Daniel S.; Shaw, Leslee J.; Hachamovitch, Rory; Friedman, John D.; Polk, Donna M.; Hayes, Sean W.; Thomson, Louise E.J.; Germano, Guido; Wong, Nathan D.; Kang, Xingping; Rozanski, Alan

doi:10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2006.08.002

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Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 2-16, January 2007

Comparative Use of Radionuclide Stress Testing, Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning, and Noninvasive Coronary Angiography for Diagnostic and Prognostic Cardiac Assessment

Daniel S. Berman, MD
- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CSMC Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
- Departments of Medicine and Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
- Address reprint requests to Daniel S. Berman, MD, Director, Cardiac Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
Leslee J. Shaw, PhD
- Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Rory Hachamovitch, MD
- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CSMC Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
John D. Friedman, MD
- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CSMC Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Donna M. Polk, MD, MPH
- Departments of Medicine and Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Sean W. Hayes, MD
- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CSMC Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Louise E.J. Thomson, MB, ChB
- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CSMC Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Guido Germano, PhD
- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CSMC Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
- Departments of Medicine and Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Nathan D. Wong, PhD
- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CSMC Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
- Heart Disease Prevention Program, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA.
Xingping Kang, MD
- Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CSMC Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Alan Rozanski, MD
- Department of Medicine, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY.