title: Cardiac computed tomography in current cardiology guidelines.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Cardiac Imaging, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: mouaz74@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mouaz H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Al-Mallah
authors.affiliation: Advanced Cardiac Imaging, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aljizeeri
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research and Cardiac CT, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Todd C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Villines
authors.affiliation: Noninvasive Cardiac Laboratory, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Medstar Heart Institute Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Monvadi B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Srichai
authors.affiliation: Advanced Cardiac Imaging, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alsaileek
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D000075202:Contraindications; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Cardiac CT; Coronary CT angiography; Guidelines