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Activity Steps

1 Activity
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Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Recognize the most common challenges of computed tomography (CT) angiography performed for acute chest pain and describe steps that can be taken to optimize image quality and interpretation.
  2. Identify the most common physiological mimics in acute chest pain imaging and describe strategies to identify them.
  3. Accurately identify and differentiate acute causes of chest pain from their pathologic mimics.
  4. Describe the optimal methods of communication related to acute thoracic imaging.

Disclosures

All authors, faculty and staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity and their spouses/life partners (if any) have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial organizations pertaining to this educational activity. The remaining authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.

Price: FREE

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.5 CME
  • ABR 1.5 CME (SAM)

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This module meets the American Board of Radiology's (ABR) criteria for self-assessment toward the purpose of fulfilling requirements in the ABR Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: JTI0517
Published: May 2017
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Journal of Thoracic Imaging
Required Passing Score: 6/8 (75%)
Authors: Matthew M. Miller, MD, PhD, Carole A. Ridge, FFRRCSI, and Diana E. Litmanovich, MD
Categories: Imaging
Specialties: Radiology
Topics: Acute Chest Pain , Computed Tomography Angiographic Assessment