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    • Choosing Wisely for Syncope: Low‐Value Carotid Ultrasound Use 

      Scott, John W.; Schwartz, Aaron L.; Gates, Jonathan D.; Gerhard‐Herman, Marie; Havens, Joaquim M. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)
      Background: The United States spends more than $750 billion annually on tests and procedures that do not benefit patients. Although there is no physiological indication for carotid ultrasound in “simple” syncope in the ...