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Cardiac Stress Imaging More Frequent Among Patients Whose Physicians Provide, Bill For Procedures (Medical News Today)

Patients treated by physicians who billed for both technical
(practice/equipment) and professional (supervision/ interpretation) components
of nuclear and echocardiographic stress imaging tests were more likely to
undergo such tests after coronary revascularization compared with patients of
physicians who did not bill for these services, according to a study in the
Nov. 9 issue of JAMA. "Cardiac stress testing procedures performed in the
office setting can enable more rapid, efficient diagnostic testing and use of
these procedures has increased significantly during the past decade...

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