Jimmy C. Lu1, Manish Bansal2, Sarina K. Behera3, Jeffrey R. Boris4, Brian Cardis5, John S. Hokanson6, Bahram Kakavand7, Roy Jedeikin8
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.6, pp. 751-755, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12509
Abstract Objective: As part of the American College of Cardiology Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Section effort to develop quality metrics (QMs) for ambulatory pediatric practice, the chest
pain subcommittee aimed to develop QMs for evaluation of chest pain.
Design: A group of 8 pediatric cardiologists formulated candidate QMs in the areas of history,
physical examination, and testing. Consensus candidate QMs were submitted to an expert panel
for scoring by the RAND-UCLA modified Delphi process. Recommended QMs were then available
for open comments from all members.
Patients: These QMs are intended for use in patients 5–18 years old, referred for initial… More >
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