Quality and safety of coronary computed tomography angiography at academic and non-academic sites: insights from a large European registry (ESCR MR/CT Registry).
Foldyna BorekJohannes UhligRobin GohmannChristian LückeThomas MayrhoferLukas LehmkuhlLuigi NataleRozemarijn VliegenthartJoachim LotzRodrigo SalgadoMarco FranconeChristian LoeweKonstantin NikolaouFabian BambergDavid MaintzPal Maurovich-HorvatHolger ThieleUdo HoffmannMatthias GutberletPublished in: European radiology (2022)
• Smaller non-academic providers increasingly use CCTA to rule out obstructive coronary artery disease. • Non-academic and academic sites provide comparably safe, high-quality CCTA across Europe. • Compared to academic sites, non-academic sites tend to refer more patients to downstream testing.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- medical students
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- contrast enhanced
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- patient reported outcomes
- quality improvement
- cardiovascular events
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- pet ct