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Table 1 Questions and answers on CCTA diagnostic services

From: Challenges and opportunities to delivering cardiac imaging training: a national survey by the Italian college of cardiac radiology

Coronary computed tomography angiography

Survey item

Answer 1: n° (%)

Answer 2: n° (%)

Answer 3: n° (%)

Answer 4: n° (%)

Answer 5: n° (%)

CCTA scanner (n° slice)

64-slice: 6 (14%)

128-slice: 19 (45%)

256/320-slice: 16 (38%)

No answer: 1 (3%)

 

N° of CCTA scan per week

0: 1 (2%)

1–10: 21 (50%)

11–20: 10 (24%)

 > 20: 10 (24%)

 

N° of pre-TAVI CT scan per week

0: 3 (7%)

1–5: 19 (45%)

6–10: 12 (29%)

 > 10: 8 (19%)

 

Use of advances cardiac CCTA techniques

None: 25 (60%)

Dual-energy: 9 (21%)

Delayed enhancement: 6 (14%)

Stress perfusion: 5 (12%)

FFR-CT: 3 (7%)

Patients scanned

Outpatients: 2 (5%)

Inpatients: 3 (7%)

Outpatients + Inpatients: 25 (59%)

Outpatients + Inpatients + Emergency Room: 12 (29%)

 

N° of radiologist doing CCTA

0: 1 (2%)

1: 3 (7%)

2: 12 (29%)

3: 13 (31%)

 > 3: 13 (31%)

% of radiologist doing CCTA

0–24%: 35 (83%)

25–49%: 4. (10%)

50–74%: 0 (0%)

75–100%: 3 (7%)

 

Senior radiologist experience

 < 5 years: 6 (14%)

 > 5 years: 36 (86%)

   

Administration of medication during CCTA

Radiologist: 30 (71%)

Radiologist + Cardiologist: 8 (19%)

No administration: 4 (10%)

  

Who report CCTA?

Radiologist: 38 (90%)

Radiologist + Cardiologist: 4 (10%)

Cardiologist: 0 (0%)

  

Are there radiology technicians dedicated to CCTA?

Yes: 25 (60%)

No: 17 (40%)

   
  1. CCTA: coronary computed tomography angiography; TAVI: transcatheter aortic valve implantation; FFR-CT: fractional flow Reserve-computed tomography