ePanel Vice-Chair, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. fUniversity of Utah, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah; Commission on Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. gUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. hUniversity of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan. iMetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, Primary care physician. jMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, Missouri. kUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. lRhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island. mJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. nUniversity of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia; Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. oDenver Health, Denver, Colorado; American College of Emergency Physicians. pVA Medical Center, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California; Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. qSpecialty Chair, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. rSpecialty Chair, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. The American College of Radiology seeks and encourages collaboration with other organizations on the development of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria through representation of such organizations on expert panels. Participation on the expert panel does not necessarily imply endorsement of the final document by individual contributors or their respective organization. Reprint requests to: publications@acr.org Suspected Pulmonary Embolism All elements are essential: 1) timing, 2) reconstructions/reformats, and 3) 3-D renderings. Standard CTs with contrast also include timing issues and reconstructions/reformats. Only in CTA, however, is 3-D rendering a required element. This corresponds to the definitions that the CMS has applied to the Current Procedural Terminology codes. In addition, CTPA is a named CT angiogram with intravenous (IV) contrast.
Suspected Pulmonary Embolism PCAs. ePanel Vice-Chair, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. fUniversity of Utah, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah; Commission on Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. gUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. hUniversity of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan. iMetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, Primary care physician. jMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, Missouri. kUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. lRhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island. mJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. nUniversity of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia; Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. oDenver Health, Denver, Colorado; American College of Emergency Physicians. pVA Medical Center, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California; Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. qSpecialty Chair, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. rSpecialty Chair, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. The American College of Radiology seeks and encourages collaboration with other organizations on the development of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria through representation of such organizations on expert panels. Participation on the expert panel does not necessarily imply endorsement of the final document by individual contributors or their respective organization. Reprint requests to: publications@acr.org Suspected Pulmonary Embolism All elements are essential: 1) timing, 2) reconstructions/reformats, and 3) 3-D renderings. Standard CTs with contrast also include timing issues and reconstructions/reformats. Only in CTA, however, is 3-D rendering a required element. This corresponds to the definitions that the CMS has applied to the Current Procedural Terminology codes. In addition, CTPA is a named CT angiogram with intravenous (IV) contrast.