Journal of American College of Cardiology Report

The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) has published a September 2020 report, “Current Evidence and Recommendations for Coronary CTA First in Evaluation of Stable Coronary Artery Disease”. The statement outlines data that for patients who do not have known coronary artery disease (CAD), the detection of CAD should change from detection of a myocardial perfusion abnormality to detection of coronary atherosclerosis through a CTA-first strategy.