Radiological outpatient' visits to avoid inappropriate cardiac CT examinations: an 8-year experience report.
Gianluca de RubeisLivia MarchitelliGiulia SpanoFederica CatapanoFrancesco CiliaNicola GaleaIacopo CarboneCarlo CatalanoMarco FranconePublished in: La Radiologia medica (2020)
Our study highlights the importance of a pre-radiological visit prior to CCTA, which prevented execution of 19.9% of inappropriate examinations. Age of prescribers had an impact on appropriateness, with younger doctors having a lower chance to not meet A indication.