Appropriateness in radiology
Chest imaging: standard radiographs, computed tomography, magnetic resonance, scintigraphy, PET, ultrasound
Diagnostic pathway in the patient with DYSPNEA (acute/chronic)
Integrated imaging in the following lung pathologies:
Pleurisy and pleural effusion, Pulmonary congestion, Pulmonary edema, Pneumothorax, Pulmonary embolism, Pneumonitis (bacterial and from COVID 19), Lung abscess, Lung sequestration, Chronic/obstructive pulmonary disease, Pulmonary emphysema, Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Cystic fibrosis, Tuberculosis, Inhalation from foreign body, lung neoplasms
- Imaging of vascular pathologies:
Angiography, Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA)
Angio-CT, Angio-MRI
Ecocolor Doppler
CT and perfusion MRI of the skull
Integrated imaging of the following pathologies:
steno/occlusive vessel pathology (intracerebral, carotid, coronary, abdominal vessels, lower limb vessels), aortic aneurysm and dissection, aortic coarctation, cerebral stroke, arteriovenous malformations
-Integrated imaging of the heart
-Cardio-CT, Cardio-MRI
- Transthoracic and esophageal echocardiography
Ecostress
Coronary imaging: coronary angiography and intracoronary imaging (intravascular ultrasound IVUS), optical coherence tomography (OCT)
-Integrated imaging of the following pathologies: Acute chest pain, Ischemic heart disease, Arrhythmias
Valve prosthesis, Pericardial pathology, Acute coronary syndromes