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  • The Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS) was updated to version 2.0 in 2022 to improve the standardization of reporting for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and guide patient management based on new technologies and clinical evidence.
  • * The updated system classifies coronary disease severity based on criteria such as stenosis, plaque burden, and additional factors like CT fractional-flow-reserve (CT-FFR) or myocardial CT perfusion (CTP), with a scale from CAD-RADS 0 (no disease) to CAD-RADS 5 (total occlusion).
  • * The CAD-RADS framework enhances communication between healthcare providers regarding test results, supports education and research, and aims to

Article Abstract

Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS) was created to standardize reporting system for patients undergoing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and to guide possible next steps in patient management. The goal of this updated 2022 CAD-RADS 2.0 is to improve the initial reporting system for CCTA by considering new technical developments in Cardiac CT, including data from recent clinical trials and new clinical guidelines. The updated CAD-RADS classification will follow an established framework of stenosis, plaque burden, and modifiers, which will include assessment of lesion-specific ischemia using CT fractional-flow-reserve (CT-FFR) or myocardial CT perfusion (CTP), when performed. Similar to the method used in the original CAD-RADS version, the determinant for stenosis severity classification will be the most severe coronary artery luminal stenosis on a per-patient basis, ranging from CAD-RADS 0 (zero) for absence of any plaque or stenosis to CAD-RADS 5 indicating the presence of at least one totally occluded coronary artery. Given the increasing data supporting the prognostic relevance of coronary plaque burden, this document will provide various methods to estimate and report total plaque burden. The addition of P1 to P4 descriptors are used to denote increasing categories of plaque burden. The main goal of CAD-RADS, which should always be interpreted together with the impression found in the report, remains to facilitate communication of test results with referring physicians along with suggestions for subsequent patient management. In addition, CAD-RADS will continue to provide a framework of standardization that may benefit education, research, peer-review, artificial intelligence development, clinical trial design, population health and quality assurance with the ultimate goal of improving patient care. Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary CTA, CAD-RADS, Reporting and Data System, Stenosis Severity, Report Standardization Terminology, Plaque Burden, Ischemia This article is published synchronously in , and . © 2022 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Published by RSNA with permission.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9627235PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/ryct.220183DOI Listing

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