Randall Thompson, MD, immediate past president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), explains why the ASNC did not support the ACC Chest Pain Evaluation Guidelines and the issues the group had with the elevation of cardiac computed tomography (CT) and FFR-CT.
CT was highly recommended in the 2021 chest pain evaluation guidelines, released in November of 2021. CT was elevated to a 1A recommended front-line imaging modality. Cardiac CT was already seeing wider usage prior to the guidelines, but now many hospitals are looking at using a CT-first approach to cardiac assessments. CT plaque imaging will likely be another next step in CTA advancements to be adopted for general cardiac assessments in the next few years.
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