SCCT guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of coronary CT angiography: A report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Guidelines Committee

Since the publication of the first guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of coronary CT angiography (coronary CTA) in 2009, there have been significant changes in the scope and utilization of this method. At that time it had only been 5 years since the introduction of 64 detector row scanners. Since then, multiple innovations in scanner design have occurred. Also there has been wide expansion of clinical applications of coronary CTA that are considered “appropriate use” (including, eg, patients with acute chest pain in the emergency department), as well as the development of new techniques allowing for physiologic assessment from coronary CTA. Given these significant changes in technology and scope of practice, the guidelines committee felt it necessary to update the reporting guidelines to ensure that they were aligned with modern clinical practice in coronary CTA. These recommendations, like the preceding version, were developed as an educational tool for practitioners to continue to improve the care for patients, in the interest of developing systematic standards of practice for coronary CTA based on the best available data or broad expert consensus. 2014 SCCT guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of coronary CT angiography: A report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Guidelines CommitteeJournal of Cardiovascular Computed TomographyVol. 9Issue 2PreviewDear Editor, Full-Text PDF