ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Chest Pain—Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages W28-W31

  Bettmann, Michael A ^a   White, Richard D ^a   Woodard, Pamela K ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Atalay, Michael K ^a   Dorbala, Sharmila ^a   Haramati, Linda B ^a   Hendel, Robert C ^a   Martin, Edward T ^a   Ryan, Thomas ^a   Steiner, Robert M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Appropriateness Criteria; CTPAgrams; Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and DVT; Ventilation and perfusion (V Q) scan

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; XENON 133;

ACR APPROPRIATENESS CRITERIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY CATHETER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCINTIGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHEST PAIN; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 84857700816     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31823efeb6     Document Type: Review

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