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How to approach an inappropriately ordered myocardial perfusion stress study: 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. Division of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Ajay V. Srivastava MD

  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

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

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

    Leslee J. Shaw PhD

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

    Neal W. Dickert Jr. MD, PhD

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

    Neal W. Dickert Jr. MD, PhD

  7. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Vasken Dilsizian MD

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

    Sharmila Dorbala MBBS

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

    Jamshid Shirani MD

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

    Andrew J. Einstein MD, PhD

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Srivastava, A.V., Kontak, A., Shaw, L.J. et al. How to approach an inappropriately ordered myocardial perfusion stress study: A case-based ethics discussion. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 22, 923–926 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-015-0231-3

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