TY - JOUR
T1 - ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance and Interpretation of Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT)1 1 The American College of Radiology, with more than 30,000 members, is the principal organization of radiologists, radiation oncologists, and clinical medical physicists in the United States.
AU - Jacobs, Jill E.
AU - Boxt, Lawrence M.
AU - Desjardins, Benoit
AU - Fishman, Elliot K.
AU - Larson, Paul A.
AU - Schoepf, Joseph
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is an evolving modality that includes a variety of examinations to assess the anatomy and pathology of the cardiac chambers, valves, myocardium, coronary arteries and veins, pericardium, aortic root, and central great vessels. The development of multidetector CT scanners with increasing numbers of detector rows, narrow section thicknesses, increasing scanner speeds, the ability for electrocardiographic gating, and radiation dose modulation allows the performance of CT coronary arteriography. Computed tomography coronary arteriography enables the assessment of multiple types of cardiac pathology, including intraluminal coronary arterial plaque formation, coronary artery stenosis, congenital anomalies, coronary artery aneurysms, sequelae of cardiac ischemia, and the assessment of prior vascular interventions, while providing information about cardiac and valvular function. Noncardiac structures included in cardiac CT examinations must also be evaluated. This guideline attempts to maximize the probability of detecting cardiac abnormalities with cardiac CT.
AB - Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is an evolving modality that includes a variety of examinations to assess the anatomy and pathology of the cardiac chambers, valves, myocardium, coronary arteries and veins, pericardium, aortic root, and central great vessels. The development of multidetector CT scanners with increasing numbers of detector rows, narrow section thicknesses, increasing scanner speeds, the ability for electrocardiographic gating, and radiation dose modulation allows the performance of CT coronary arteriography. Computed tomography coronary arteriography enables the assessment of multiple types of cardiac pathology, including intraluminal coronary arterial plaque formation, coronary artery stenosis, congenital anomalies, coronary artery aneurysms, sequelae of cardiac ischemia, and the assessment of prior vascular interventions, while providing information about cardiac and valvular function. Noncardiac structures included in cardiac CT examinations must also be evaluated. This guideline attempts to maximize the probability of detecting cardiac abnormalities with cardiac CT.
KW - ACR guideline
KW - ACR requirements
KW - CT
KW - CT coronary arteriography
KW - Cardiac computed tomography
KW - MDCT
KW - cardiac pathology
KW - multidetector CT
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jacr.2006.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jacr.2006.06.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 17412148
AN - SCOPUS:84928096725
VL - 3
SP - 677
EP - 685
JO - Journal of the American College of Radiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Radiology
SN - 1558-349X
IS - 9
ER -