Multi-Society, Multi-Disciplinary Writing Group Releases CAD-RADS to Standardize Reporting of Coronary CT Angiography

Three medical professional societies today jointly released a new reporting system to standardize reporting of patients undergoing coronary computed tomography angiography (coronary CTA). Termed CAD-RADSTM (Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System), this system will bring consistency to reporting of coronary CTA diagnostic information for millions of patients worldwide. Unlike many other major disease areas, until now no standardized system has existed to classify and report patient data for CT scans of coronary artery disease. CAD-RADS fulfills that long-sought goal of the radiology, cardiology and industry communities. Ricardo C. Cury, MD (Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Radiology Associates of South Florida and SCCT Past President), led a 17-member multi-disciplinary Expert Consensus Group representing four professional societies: The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT, the lead society for CAD-RADS), The American College of Radiology (ACR, co-author), the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI, co-author) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC, which endorsed this publication). Cury noted that "our societies developed CAD-RADS to improve communication of coronary CTA results to referring physicians in a consistent fashion, including considerations for patient management. Standardized reporting will benefit education, research, peer review and quality assurance and improved quality of care. The teamwork amongst ...
Source: American College of Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: news