Clinical Evaluation of the Appropriateness Use Criteria for Single-Photon Emission-Computed Tomography: Differences by Patient Population, Physician Specialty, and Patient Outcomes
Figure 3
Appropriateness of SPECT in asymptomatic patients without known CAD stratified by Framingham risk scores (). A, appropriate (green); U, uncertain (gold); I, inappropriate (red). Number of patients is shown next to the corresponding symbols for each of the appropriateness designations. Percent within each category of Framingham risk is reflected on the horizontal axis.
