Patient-Level, Institutional, and Temporal Variations in Use of Imaging Modalities to Confirm Pulmonary Embolism

Mehdipoor, Ghazaleh; Jimenez, David; Bertoletti, Laurent; Fidalgo, Ángeles; Sanchez Muñoz-Torrero, Juan Francisco; Gonzalez-Martinez, José Pedro; Blanco-Molina, Ángeles; Ángel Aibar, Miguel; Bonnefoy, Pierre-Benoît; Khorasani, Ramin; Prince, Martin R; Bikdeli, Behnood; Monreal, Manuel; RIETE Investigators; Bosevski, Marijan; Zdraveska, Marija; Krstevski, Gregor

doi:10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.010651

Patient-Level, Institutional, and Temporal Variations in Use of Imaging Modalities to Confirm Pulmonary Embolism

Journal

Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging

Date Issued

2020-05

Author(s)

Mehdipoor, Ghazaleh

Jimenez, David

Bertoletti, Laurent

Fidalgo, Ángeles

Sanchez Muñoz-Torrero, Juan Francisco

Gonzalez-Martinez, José Pedro

Blanco-Molina, Ángeles

Ángel Aibar, Miguel

Bonnefoy, Pierre-Benoît

Khorasani, Ramin

Prince, Martin R

Bikdeli, Behnood

Monreal, Manuel

RIETE Investigators

DOI

10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.010651

Abstract

The choice of the imaging modality for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) could be influenced by provider, patient or hospital characteristics, or over time. However, little is known about the choice of the diagnostic modalities in practice. The aim of this study was to evaluate the variations in the use of imaging modalities for patients with acute PE.