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Cardiac computed tomography in current cardiology guidelines. [Review] - 2015

Practice guidelines issued by professional societies significantly impact cardiology practice throughout the world. They increasingly incorporate cardiac CT imaging. This review systematically analyzes clinical practice guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF)/American Heart Association (AHA) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) as well as the multi-societal appropriateness criteria in their latest versions as of September 1st, 2015, in order to identify the extent to which they include recommendations to use cardiac CT in specific clinical situations. Copyright (c) 2015 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. All rights reserved.


English

ISSN: 1876-861X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
*Coronary Angiography/st [Standards]
*Heart Diseases/ra [Radiography]
*Practice Guidelines as Topic/st [Standards]
*Practice Patterns, Physicians'/st [Standards]
*Tomography, X-Ray Computed/st [Standards]
Consensus
Coronary Angiography/ct [Contraindications]
Guideline Adherence/st [Standards]
Heart Diseases/th [Therapy]
Humans
Patient Selection
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/ct [Contraindications]

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute

Index Terms--Function:
Journal Article
Review