TOPIC Primary Care: Coronary Artery CT Scan Indications and Interpretations

Educational Objectives: at the end of this series, participants will be able to:

1 Discuss clinical guidelines for appropriate care.
2 Integrate appropriate cultural and linguistic factors/techniques and identify implicit bias, to deliver quality primary care.
3 Utilize current best practices as it applies to primary care.
4 Meet organizational quality goals and improve our quality outcomes.

Session Objectives:  at the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss indications for Coronary Artery Calcium Score (CAC) testing in asymptomatic patients.
2. Discuss indications for Cardiac CTA (CCTA) testing in patients with stable chest pain.  
3. Incorporate results of CAC and CCTA into clinical practice.

Target Audience: Physician Focus: Adult Primary Care 

Planners: Alvin Ting, MD, Internal Medicine Department, KP Redwood City 

Presenter: Nader Banki, MD, Cardiology, KP Redwood City

CME Staff: Julia Carranza, CME Coordinator; Alvin Ting, MD, KP Redwood City

Resources: See powerpoint

Disclosure Statement (as appropriate):  Nader Banki, MD, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

None of the planners, faculty, committee members or reviewers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patient.

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Redwood City takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME Activity.

Kaiser Permanente does not endorse any brand -name products.

Accreditation Statement:

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Redwood City is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Statement:

The Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Redwood City designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.