The world is currently suffering through a pandemic outbreak of severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Multiple global health organizations advise medical facilities to “reschedule non-urgent outpatient visits as necessary”. This Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) continuing medical education (CME) activity offers guidance for cardiac CT (CCT) practitioners with these recommendations in order to decrease the risk of COVID-19 transmission in their facilities while deciding on the timing of CCT exams.

1. Understand approaches to the delivery of CCT services in a manner that will promote safe practices to technologists, imagers and patients. This also includes deferring CCT exams in conjunction with referring physicians that can be safely postponed in order to minimize the risk of exposure.
2. Identify urgent, semi-urgent and elective indications for effective utilization of CCT for patients with undiagnosed or underlying cardiovascular conditions to discuss with referring physicians on a case by case basis.
3. Discuss the limited role of CCT in patients under investigation (PUI) or with confirmed COVID-19 including the identification of incidental pulmonary findings.

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CME Information:

Accreditation
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This CME activity is valid beginning March 30, 2020 and expires March 30, 2023.​

Disclosures

Planner – Christipher Maroules Co-founder, Innovation Health

Reviewer – Eric Williamson, No relevant financial relationships

SCCT Staff – No relevant financial relationships

Faculty:

Brian Ghoshhajra, consultant, Siemens Healthineers

Kavitha Chinnaiyan, research support/consultant/speakers bureau/mentoring program, Heartflow

Suhny Abbara, royalities, Elsevier

Koen Nieman, Research support, Siemens Healthineers, Bayer Healthcare, Heartflow

Gianluca Pontone, speakers bureau/personal research, GE Healthcare, Heartflow, Medtronic

Ron Blankstein, research grants, Amgen Inc, Astellas Inc

Andrew Choi, Gudrun Feuchtner, Michelle Williams, Kelley Branch, Todd Villines, Mahmud Mossa-Basha, Alastair Moss, Praveen Ranganath: No relevant financial relationships

*All conflicts have been resolved

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