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Clinical application of radionuclide angiography

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An Erratum to this article was published on 01 January 1996

Development of Practice Guidelines is one of the signs of these times. Appropriate use of diagnostic procedures is closely scrutinized by health care organizations. It is crucial that the medical professional organizations lead the way in this process and develop balanced guidelines that are based on sound scientific data and unbiased judgement. This position paper on the Clinical Application of Radionuclide Angiography was developed by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and is endorsed by the American College of Nuclear Physicians and the Cardiovascular Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. Not only is it important to develop guidelines for specific clinical procedures, but these guidelines should also be consistent with other existing guidelines. The following position paper on the use of radionuclide ventriculography is entirely consistent with the positions taken in the 1995 AHA/ACC/ASNC Guidelines for Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging. Frans J. Th. Wackers, MD Immediate Past President, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

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Approved by the Executive Council and Board of Directors of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Oct. 1994.

Approved by the American College of Nuclear Physians, Aug. 1995.

Approved by the Cardiovascular Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Aug. 1995.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02984109.

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Port, S.C., Wackers, F.J.T., Iskandrian, A.S. et al. Clinical application of radionuclide angiography. J Nucl Cardiol 2, 551–558 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1071-3581(05)80049-2

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