Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 3-11 , January 2008

Indications and reimbursement of cardiac computed tomography angiography: History, present and future perspectives

  • Michael Shen, MD, MS, FACC, FASNC

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiac Imaging, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard, Weston, FL 33331 USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Neil Saxena, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiac Imaging, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard, Weston, FL 33331 USA
    • ,
  • Gregory S. Thomas, MD, MPH, FACC, FACP, FASNC

      Affiliations

    • Mission Internal Medicine Group, Mission Viejo, CA, USA
    • University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

Received 8 June 2007 ,Revised 20 October 2007 ,Accepted 8 November 2007.

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 Conflict of interest: Dr. Thomas serves on the steering committee of a General Electric trial related to cardiac CT. Dr. Shen serves on the speaker’s bureau with speaking honorariums for TeraRecon, is a medical advisor for MedSolutions, and receives grant support from Berlex. Dr. Shen and Dr. Thomas were on the CTA Work Group of the ACC Coding and Nomenclature Committee. Dr Saxena reports no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(07)00343-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2007.11.004

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 3-11 , January 2008

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