Your Patient Has an SMA Embolus and Peritonitis: What’s the ACR-Guided Next Step?
ACR-guided imaging workflow for Recent onset abdominal pain, peritoneal signs, and known atrial fibrillation. CTA shows filling defect in the proximal SMA
Category: Interventional Radiology Imaging
Part of the imaging decision system doctors were never taught to navigate at speed: which study to order, which protocol, and what the published appropriateness guidance actually says for IR imaging. Plain-English references, scenario by scenario.
What Is the Next Step for SMA Occlusion in a Patient With Atrial Fibrillation?
ACR-guided imaging workflow for Recent onset abdominal pain, no peritoneal signs, and known atrial fibrillation. CTA shows calcified atherosclerotic plaque
How Should You Manage an Acute SMA Embolus Without Peritoneal Signs?
ACR-guided imaging workflow for Recent onset abdominal pain, no peritoneal signs, and known atrial fibrillation. CTA shows filling defect in proximal SMA c
How Should You Manage Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma with Vascular Invasion? ACR Insights
ACR-guided imaging workflow for Ductal cholangiocarcinoma: Hilar cholangiocarcinoma, greater than 3 cm with poorly defined margins, vascular invasion, and
What Is the Best Management for Small, Peripheral Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma?
ACR-guided imaging workflow for Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Peripheral hepatic lobar cholangiocarcinoma, less than 3 cm; no biliary ductal dilatation,
What Is the Best Treatment for HCC with Vascular Invasion and Cirrhosis?
ACR-guided imaging workflow for Hepatocellular cancer: Solitary or multifocal disease with vascular invasion, cirrhotic. (Management of Liver Cancer): reco
What Is the Best Treatment for Multifocal, Bilobar Hepatocellular Cancer?
ACR-guided imaging workflow for Hepatocellular cancer: Multifocal, bilobar disease, at least 1 tumor greater than 5 cm, cirrhotic. (Management of Liver Can
How Should You Manage a Solitary 3-5 cm Hepatocellular Cancer in Cirrhosis?
ACR-guided imaging workflow for Hepatocellular cancer: Solitary tumor 3 to 5 cm, cirrhotic. (Management of Liver Cancer): recommended study, differential,
Which Study Should You Order for Obscure GI Bleeding After Negative Endoscopy?
ACR-guided imaging workflow for Lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Obscure (nonlocalized) recurrent bleeding in a hemodynamically stable patient (assum
Recurrent Lower GI Bleed After Arteriography: Why Colonoscopy Is the Next Step
ACR-guided imaging workflow for Lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Transcatheter arteriography localized the bleeding site and treatment was attempted.