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Home Preprocedural Chest or Cardiac Imaging for Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Thoracic surgery, no hx of cardiothoracic surgery, preprocedural chest or cardiac imaging 3199717
Radiography chest
<0.1 mSv
☢ 		<0.03 mSv [ped]
☢ 		Usually appropriate
CT chest with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
CT chest without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
US echocardiography transesophageal
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
US echocardiography transthoracic resting
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRA chest with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRA chest without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRA chest without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRI chest with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRI chest without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRI chest without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRI heart function and morphology without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRI heart function and morphology without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
CTA chest with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
CTA chest without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
May be appropriate
Arteriography coronary
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
MRA coronary arteries without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRA coronary arteries without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
CT chest without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
CTA coronary arteries with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
CT heart function and morphology with IV contrast
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
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