Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
View all recommendations from this societyReleased February 21, 2013; Updated December 1, 2021
Don’t order coronary artery calcium scoring for screening purposes on low risk asymptomatic individuals except for those with a family history of premature coronary artery disease.
Net reclassification of risk by coronary artery calcium scoring, when added to clinical risk scoring, is least effective in low risk individuals. Thus, CAC scoring may be considered in individuals with calculated ASCVD risk >7.5% – <20% or SCORE risk 5% – 10%.
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How The List Was Created
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) formed a committee panel made up of expert members of its existing Guidelines Committee and Publications and Statements Committee that would be dedicated to recommending between five and 10 questions that should be considered when ordering Coronary CT angiography and coronary artery calcium scoring. The panel reviewed and referred to SCCT’s existing and published guidelines, appropriate use criteria and support statements. Once questions were chosen, the list was referred to the SCCT Board of Directors, which then reviewed the draft list, offered feedback and narrowed the questions down to the five most important consideration points through online voting. The draft was returned to the working group panel, which fleshed out the chosen recommendations and cited its supporting evidence from currently published literature. The SCCT’s Board of Directors and Executive Board each then reviewed the final five items and implemented another round of edits before voting for final review and approval.
SCCT’s bylaws and its disclosure and conflict of interest policy can be found at www.scct.org.
Sources
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Shaw LJ, Raggi P, Schisterman E, Berman DS, Callister TQ. Prognostic value of cardiac risk factors and coronary artery calcium screening for all-cause mortality. Radiology [Internet]. 2003 Sep;228(3):826–33. Available from: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12869688.
