How to Report a Coronary CT Angiography Michael Poon, MD, FACC

Appropriateness Indications1. Evaluation of chest pain syndrome in patients with intermediate pre­testprobability of CAD.2. Evaluation of acute chest pain in patients with intermediate pre­testprobability of CAD.3. Evaluation of suspected coronary anomalies4. Evaluation of chest pain syndrome in patients with uninterpretable orequivocal stress test.5. Assessment of complex congenital heart disease including anomalies ofcoronaries, great vessels, and cardiac chambers and valves.6. Evaluation of coronary arteries in patients with new onset heart failure toassess etiology.7. Evaluation of cardiac mass8. Evaluation of pericardial conditions9. Evaluation of pulmonary vein anatomy prior to invasive radio frequencyablation for atrial fibrillation.10. Non­invasive coronary vein mapping prior to placement of biventricularpacemaker11. Noninvasive coronary arterial mapping, including internal mammary artery,prior to repeat cardiac surgical revascularization.12. Evaluation of suspected aortic dissection or thoracic aortic aneurysm.13. Evaluation of suspected pulmonary embolism.