Quality assurance for magnetic resonance angiography of the chest in patients suspected of pulmonary embolism during iodinated contrast shortage in the emergency department setting.
Anmol SinghMauricio HernandezLuis Fernando Calimano-RamirezKazim Ziya GumusWanda MarforiJoanna W Kee-SampsonChandana LallDheeraj Reddy GopireddyPublished in: Journal of clinical imaging science (2023)
Patients were screened for PE with MRA as an alternative imaging tool during times of contrast shortage. Further, evaluation of MRA with CTA, side by side, in a larger patient population is required to increase the validity of our QA study.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- magnetic resonance
- emergency department
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- contrast enhanced
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- computed tomography
- inferior vena cava
- patient reported outcomes
- photodynamic therapy
- mass spectrometry
- electronic health record