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Home Congenital or Acquired Heart Disease
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Single ventricle physiology, preop eval, stage 3 single ventricle palliation, total cavopulmonary connection, TTE inadequate assessment of cardiovascular morphology and function, next imaging study 3196452
Arteriography coronary with ventriculography
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
Arteriography pulmonary
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
Usually appropriate
MRA chest without and with 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
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
US echocardiography transesophageal
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
Radiography chest
<0.1 mSv
☢ 		<0.03 mSv [ped]
☢ 		May be appropriate
MRA chest without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be 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
MRI heart function with stress without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRI heart function with stress without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
CTA coronary arteries with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
FDG-PET/CT heart
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
SPECT or SPECT/CT MPI rest and stress
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		10-30 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate