CTA Newsletters
- Part 1-ALARA
- Part 2-Measuring Radiation in Cardiac CT
- Part 3-Minimizing Radiation in Cardiac CT
- Finding the "True" Edge in CTA
- The Changing Role of Cardiac CT as Radiation Doses Decline
- The Promise of Non-Invasive Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Using MDCT
- Choosing a Cardiac CT Scanner
- Cardiac CT Downstream Revenue
- The Times They Are A'Changing
Insurance
- Aetna Cardiac CTA and Coronary CT Angiography
- Anthem Medical Policy for Cardiac CTA
- Blue Cross Blue Shield CTA Providers
- CoreCore National Cardiac CTA Management Criteria
- CIGNA CTA Coverage and Criteria
- Magellan Health Services Cardiac CTA Guidelines
- UnitedHealthcare Cardiac CTA & Calcium Score Guidelines
Professional Organizations
- American College of Cardiology (ACC)
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)
- American College of Radiology (ACR)
- American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)
- The Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)
- Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention (SAIP)
- 2012 Appropriate Use Criteria for Diagnostic Catheterization - A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force. Manesh R. Patel, MD, FACC (Co-Chair); Steven R. Bailey, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA (Co-Chair); Robert O. Bonow, MD, MACC, MACP, FAHA; Charles E. Chambers, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Paul S. Chan, MD, MSc; Gregory J. Dehmer, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FAHA; Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM, FACC, FSCAI; L. Samuel Wann, MD, MACC; and R. Parker Ward, MD, FACC, FASE, FASNC or ACC Link.
- 2012 Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization Focused Update - A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force. Manesh R. Patel, MD, FACCA (Chair); Gregoray J. Dehmer, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, FAHA; John W. Hirshfeld, MD; Peter K. Smith, MD, FACC; John A. Spertus, MD, MPH, FACC or ACC Link.
- 2012 ACR Practice Guidelines for CT - The ACR CT Accreditation Program involves the acquisition of clinical and phantom images, dose measurements, and the submission of scanning protocols. ACR Link.
- 2012 Standarized medical terminology for cardiac computed tomography A report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Wm. Guy Weigold, MD; Suhny Abbara, MD; Stephen Achenbach, MD; Armin Arbab-Zadeh, MD; Daniel Berman, MD; J. Jeffrey Carr, MD; Ricardo C. Cury, MD; Sandra S. Halliburton, PhD; Cynthia H. McCullough, PhD; and Allen J. Taylor, MD or ACC Link.
- 2011 SCCT guidelines on radiation dose and dose-optimization strategies in cardiovascular CT A report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Sandra S. Halliburton, PhD; Suhny Abbara, MD; Marcus Y. Chen, MD; Ralph Gentry, RT; Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD; Gilbert L. Raff, MD; Leslee J. Shaw, PhD; and Jorg Hausleiter, MD. JCCT (2011) Vol 5:198-224 or CCT Link.
- 2011 Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease A report of the American College of Cadiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force. Thomas G. Brott, MD, (Co-Chair); Jonathan L. Halperin, MD, (Co-Chair); Suhny Abbara, MD; J. Michael Bacharach, MD; John D. Barr, MD; Ruth L. Bush, MD, MPH; Christopher U. Cates, MD; Susan B. Fowler, PhD; Gary Friday, MD; Vicki S. Hertzberg, PhD; E. Bruce McIff, MD; Wesley S. Moore; Peter D. Panagos, MD; Robert H. Rosenwasser, MD and Allen J. Taylor, MD. JACC Vol 57, No. 8, 2011:16-94 or ACC Link.
- 2011 American Society of Echocardiography Clinical Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging of Patient with Hypertropic Cardiomyopathy Endorsed by ASNC, SCMR and SCCT. Sherif F. Nagueh, MD, FASE (Chair); S. Michelle Bierig, RDCS, FASE; Matthew J. Budoff, MD; Milind Desai, MD; Vasken Dilsizian, MD; Benjamin Eidem, MD, FASE; Steven A. Goldstein, MD; Judy Hung, MD, FASE; Martin S. Maron, MD; Steve R. Ommen, MD and Anna Woo, MD. JASE 2011 Vol 24, No. 5:473-98 or ASE Link.
- 2010 Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Computed Tomography - Endorsed by the ACCF, SCCT, ACR, AHA, ASE, ASNC, SCAI and SCMR. Allen J. Taylor, MD, FACC, (Chair); Matthew J. Budoff, MD (SCCT); Manuel Cerqueira, MD, FACC (ASNC) John McB. Hodgson, MD, FACC (SCAI); Daniel Mark, MD, MPH, FACC and Patrick O'Gara, MD, FACC (AHA); Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD (SCMR); and James Min, MD, FACC. JACC Vol 56, No. 22, 2010:1864-94 or ACC Link.
- 2010 Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography - Endorsed by the ACCF, ACR, AHA, NASCI, SAIP, SCAI and SCCT. Daniel B. Mark, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA (Chair); Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC; Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA; J.Jeffrey Carr, MD, FACC, FAHA; Thomas C. Gerber, MD, FACC, FAHA; Harvey S. Hecht, MD, FACC; Mark A. Hlatky, MD, FACC, FAHA; John McB. Hodgson, MD, FSCAI, FACC; Michael S. Lauer, MD, FACC, FAHA; Julie M. Miller, MD, FACC; Richard L. Morin, PhD; Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, FACC; Michael Poon, MD, FACC; Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, FACC; and Robert S. Schwartz, MD, FACC. JACC Vol 55, No. 23, 2010, June 1, 2010:2663-99 or ACC Link.
- 2010 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Asymptomatic Adults - Endorsed by the ASE, ASNC, SAIP, SCAI, SCMR and SCCT. Philip Greenland, MD, FACC, FAHA (Chair); Joseph S. Alpert, MD, FACC, FAHA; George A. Beller, MD, FACC, FAHA; Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, FACC, FAHA; Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA; Zahi A Fayad, PhD, FACC, FAHA; Elyse Foster, MD, FACC, FAHA; Mark A. Hlatky, MD, FACC, FAHA; John McB. Hodgson, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI; Frederick G. Kushner, MD, FACC, FAHA; Michael S. Lauer, MD, FACC, FAHA; Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FAHA; Sidney C. Smith, Jr, MD, FACC, FAHA; Allen J. Taylor, MD, FACC, FAHA; William S. Weintraub, MD, FACC, FAHA; and Nanette K. Wenger, MD, FACC, FAHA. JACC Vol 56, No. 25, 2010, September 2, 2010:2182-99 or ACC Link.
- 2009 SCCT guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of coronary computed tomographic angiography - Endorsed by the SCCT. Gilbert L. Raff, MD (Chair); Aiden Abidov, MD, PhD; Stephen Achenbach, MD; Daniel S. Berman, MD; Lawrence M. Boxt, MD; Matthew J. Budoff, MD; Victor Cheng, MD; Tony DeFrance, MD; Jeffrey C. Hellinger, MD and Ronald P. Karlsberg, MD. JCCT (2009) Vol 3, No. 2:122-136 or CCT Link.
- 2008 Appropriateness Criteria for Stress Echocardiography - Endorsed by the ASE, ACEP, AHA, ACNC, SCAI, SCCT and SCMR. Pamela S. Douglas, MD, MACC, FAHA, FASE (Chair); Bijoy Khandheria, MD, FASE, FACC; Raymond F. Stainback, MD, FACC, FASE; and Neil J. Weissman, MD, FACC, FASE. JACC Vol 51, No. 11, 2008:1127-47 or ACC Link.
- COCATS Task Force 13: Training in Advanced Cardiovascular CT Imaging - Endorsed by the ASNC, SAIP, SCAI and SCCT. Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, (Chair); Stephen Achenbach, MD (SCCT); Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC & Zahi A Fayad, PhD, FACC (SAIP) Michael Poon, MD, FACC & Allen J. Taylor, MD, FACC & Barry F. Uretsky, MD, FACC (SCAI)and Kim Allan Williams, MD, FACC (ASNC). JACC Vol 51, No. 3, 2008, January 22, 2008:409-14 or ACC Link.
- ACCF/AHA 2007 Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring By CT - A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Clinical Expert Consensus Task Force on coronary Artery Calcium Scoring By Computed Tomography in Global Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and in Evaluation of Patients With Chest Pain. JACC Vol 49, No. 3, 2007, January 23, 2007:378-402 or ACC Link.
- Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease by Cardiac CT - A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Committee on Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention, Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, and Committee on Cardiac Imaging, Council on Clinical Cardiology. Authors: Matthew J. Budoff, Stephen Achenbach, Roger S. Blumenthal, J. Jeffrey Carr, Jonathan G. Goldin, Philip Greenland, Alan D. Guerci, Joao A.C. Lima, Daniel J. Rader, Geoffrey D. Rubin, Leslee J. Shaw and Susan E. Wiegers. Circulation 2006;114;1761-1791 or AHA Link.
- 2006 Appropriateness Criteria for Cardiac Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging - A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Quality Strategic Directions Committee Appropriateness Criteria Working Group, ACR, SCCT, SCMR, ASNC, NASCI, SCAI and SIR. Authors: Robert C. Hendel, MD, FACC; Manesh R. Patel, MD; Christopher M. Kramer, MD, FACC; Michael Poon, MD, FACC; and Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, FACC. JACC Vol. 48, No. 7, 2006, October 3, 2006:1475-97 or ACC Link.
- ACR Practice Guideline For the Performance and Interpretation of Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT) - These guidelines are an educational tool designed to assist practioners in providing appropriate radiologic care and minimizing radiation dose to patients under the concept "As Low as Reasonably Achievable (ALARA)". Authors: Jill E. Jacobs, MD; Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD; N. Reed Dunnick, MD; Alan D. Kaye, MD; and Robert D. Tarver. 2006 (Res. 10,16g,1734,35,36).
- ACCF/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac Imaging With Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance - Developed in Collaboration With the ASE, ASNC, SAI, SCAI, SCMR, SCCT and AHA. Authors: Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA; Mark A. Creager, MD, FACC, FAHA, et al. JACC Vol. 46, No.2, 2005, July 19, 2005:383-402 or ACC Link.