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Environmental impact of cardiac imaging tests for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease
Citation
Marwick, TH and Buonocore, J, Environmental impact of cardiac imaging tests for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, Heart, 97, (14) pp. 1128-1131. ISSN 1355-6037 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2011 BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: doi:10.1136/hrt.2011.227884
Abstract
The use of cardiovascular imaging is growing inexorably
and concerns have been expressed about its cost and
radiation safety. In this study, the relative environmental
impact of MRI, single photon emission tomography and
cardiac ultrasound (echo) for the diagnosis of coronary
artery disease were examined. The results emphasise
that echo causes the least environmental impact at each
stage of its life cycle. The effect of one echo on human
health, ecosystem effects and resource use was of the
order of 1-20% of those of the alternative methods.
Although there are circumstances in which one imaging
modality is preferred on clinical grounds, when
everything else is equal, these results support the
selection of echocardiography as the preferred test on
environmental grounds.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
Research Field: | Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Marwick, TH (Professor Tom Marwick) |
ID Code: | 90922 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 17 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2014-05-01 |
Last Modified: | 2014-06-20 |
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