ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Chest Pain—Suspected Pulmonary Embolism
Bettmann M, Baginski S, White R, Woodard P, Abbara S, Atalay M, Dorbala S, Haramati L, Hendel R, Martin E, Ryan T, Steiner R. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Chest Pain—Suspected Pulmonary Embolism. Journal Of Thoracic Imaging 2012, 27: w28-w31. PMID: 22343403, DOI: 10.1097/rti.0b013e31823efeb6.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPulmonary embolismAppropriateness CriteriaClinical conditionsDiagnosis of PEDiagnostic imagingAppropriateness of imagingAcute chest painACR Appropriateness CriteriaDeep vein thrombosisTomography pulmonary angiographyLower extremity ultrasoundMultidisciplinary expert panelRadiology Appropriateness CriteriaEvidence-based guidelinesD-dimer testSpecific clinical conditionsHigh pretest probabilityCurrent medical literatureImportant clinical conditionBasis of signsMajor diagnostic modalityChest painPeer-reviewed journalsVein thrombosisClinical status