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Home Congenital or Acquired Heart Disease
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Transposition of the great arteries, post arterial switch, TTE inadequate assessment of cardiovascular morphology and function, next imaging study 3196443
Radiography chest
<0.1 mSv
☢ 		<0.03 mSv [ped]
☢ 		Usually appropriate
MRA chest without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
MRA chest without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
MRI heart function and morphology without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
MRI heart function and morphology without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
MRI heart function with stress without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
CTA chest with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
CT heart function and morphology with IV contrast
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
MRI heart function with stress without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
(Disagreement)
CTA coronary arteries with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
SPECT or SPECT/CT MPI rest and stress
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		10-30 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
US echocardiography transesophageal
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Arteriography coronary with ventriculography
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
Arteriography pulmonary
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
MRA abdomen without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRA abdomen without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRA neck without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRA neck without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
FDG-PET/CT heart
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate