Quality Evaluation in Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging
This book is an important resource that describes the importance of quality in cardiovascular imaging and how best to optimize an imaging laboratory. Quality in imaging is important in clinical practice as it directly impacts on patients care, and is esse
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Peter L. Tilkemeier Robert C. Hendel Gary V. Heller James A. Case Editors
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Quality Evaluation in Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging
Peter L. Tilkemeier • Robert C. Hendel Gary V. Heller • James A. Case Editors
Quality Evaluation in Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging
Editors Peter L. Tilkemeier Department of Medicine Greenville Health System Greenville South Carolina USA Robert C. Hendel Miller School of Medicine University of Miami Miami Florida USA
Gary V. Heller Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Atlantic Healthcare System Morristown New Jersey USA James A. Case Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies Kansas City Missouri USA
ISBN 978-3-319-28009-7 ISBN 978-3-319-28011-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28011-0
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Foreword
Quality: A Degree of Excellence Quality. What does that word even mean? “The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.” Oxford Dictionaries. In diagnostic testing, we can define quality as high value that leads to better outcomes for the patient tested. But this does not happen by chance. We have all seen those images, and perhaps more frequently, those reports of images, which are of low quality. They do not accurately represent the true state of the cardiac anatomy or physiology of the patient and cannot trustworthily guide further testing or management. The experienced referring physician may become less trusting of results, and may learn to adapt by layering tests, changing test referral patterns, or perhaps moving to more invasive testing strategies which they believe to be more definitive. The latter may increase costs and risks but also removes the potential diagnost
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