CANM/ACMN Guidelines for ventilation/Perfusion (V/P Spect) in pulmonary embolism

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The Canadian  Association  of  Nuclear Medicine (CANM) is in the process of establishing national guidelines for the performance and interpretation of Nuclear Medicine procedures in Canada with the aim to support the Nuclear Medicine specialists of Canada with readily accessible information as well as the hope of standardizing procedures across Canada as much as possible.

Our first initiative was a review of V/P SPECT Lung Scanning for Pulmonary Embolism. A subcommittee of four Nuclear Medicine specialists who have extensive experience in Lung Scanning was established. This group did a review of guidelines and approaches and quickly determined that the EANM guidelines from 2009 were ideal for Canada, and we quickly endorsed these guidelines.

Our group, however, felt that it was important to review some more up to date literature and to establish an executive summary and a short review for quick and easy reference for both the Nuclear Medicine specialist and the referring Physician.

Our committee hopes that readers find our approach useful.