title: Ethical considerations in CT angiography.
abstract: The rapid development and clinical deployment of CT angiography raises several important issues, including assurance of professional competence and technical quality, self-referral, the relative role of radiologists and cardiologists, appropriateness and proper indications, the detection and disposition of unexpected or incidental findings and the concern for the rapidly increasing costs of health care and imaging. These questions are properly addressed within the framework of medical ethics, including principles of beneficence, autonomy and justice.
authors.affiliation: Wisconsin Heart Hospital, 10000 Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. samuelwann@whvc.org
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wann
authors.forename: Andy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Nassef
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeffrey
authors.forename: Joseph V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Messer
authors.forename: Norbert M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Wilke
authors.forename: Andre J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Duerinckx
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Blankenship
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Donald H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Dembo
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising / Q000941:ethics; D002983:Clinical Competence; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D010819:Physician's Role; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000941:ethics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*