Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (2009) 3, 190-204
Suhny Abbara, MD, Armin Arbab-Zadeh, MD, Tracy Q. Callister, MD, Milind Y. Desai, MD, Wilfred Mamuya, MD, PhD, Louise Thomson, MBChB, FRACP Wm. Guy Weigold, MD
The increasing use of coronary computed tomographic angiographic (CTA) requires the establishment of standards meant to ensure reliable practice methods and quality outcomes. The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Guidelines Committee was formed to develop recommendations for acquiring, interpreting, and reporting of these studies in a standardized fashion. Indications and contraindications for specific services or procedures are not included in the scope of these documents. These recommen¬dations were produced as an educational tool for practi¬tioners to improve the diagnostic care of patients, in the interest of developing systematic standards of practice for coronary CTA based on the best available data. Because of the highly variable nature of individual medical cases, an approach to scan performance that differs from these guide¬lines may represent an appropriate variation based on a legitimate assessment of an individual patient's needs.