While the number of nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) exams performed among members of the Northern California Kaiser Permanente health plan increased substantially during the first six years ...
Multiple testing with the cardiac diagnostic imaging technique of myocardial perfusion imaging is common, and in many patients is associated with a high cumulative estimated radiation dose, according ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A new study provides a glimpse of the shift over the past decade in the number of requests for nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) tests to determine areas of the heart with ...