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Responsibility for follow-up of abnormal findings in myocardial perfusion imaging: A case-based ethics discussion

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The authors thank Jane Dunne for assistance in organizing the ethics session.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Deborah Heart and Lung Hospital Center, Browns Mills, NJ, USA

    Renee Bullock-Palmer MD, FACC, FASNC, FASE

  2. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Andrew Kontak MD & Andrew J. Einstein MD, PhD

  3. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Neal W. Dickert MD, PhD & Leslee J. Shaw PhD

  4. Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Neal W. Dickert MD, PhD

  5. Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Leslee J. Shaw PhD

  6. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

    Vasken Dilsizian MD

  7. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Thomas A. Holly MD

  8. Department of Cardiology, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

    Jamshid Shirani MD

  9. Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Sharmila Dorbala MBBS

  10. Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Andrew J. Einstein MD, PhD

  11. Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA

    Neal W. Dickert MD, PhD

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  1. Renee Bullock-Palmer MD, FACC, FASNC, FASE
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Correspondence to Renee Bullock-Palmer MD, FACC, FASNC, FASE.

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Bullock-Palmer, R., Kontak, A., Dickert, N.W. et al. Responsibility for follow-up of abnormal findings in myocardial perfusion imaging: A case-based ethics discussion. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 22, 927–931 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-015-0232-2

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