Cardiovascular Business February 28, 2025
The rapid rise of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) represents one of cardiology’s biggest ongoing trends, but most primary care providers are still not embracing a CT-first strategy when meeting with patients. What, exactly, is causing this delay? Is there anything cardiologists can do to make a difference?
A new editorial in the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT), an official publication of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), explored those very questions.[1]
A bit of background on the rise of CCTA
Cardiac CT has been on the rise for quite some time, providing care teams with a noninvasive way to evaluate heart patients for a long list of potential complications. More and more industry groups have given CCTA their...