Table 1.

Summary of specialty differences

Specialty	Identity characteristics	Identity descriptions	Value of CV imaging
Internal Medicine	◊ Manager ◊ Very broad thinker ◊ Complex answers ◊ High public visibility	◊ Patient narrative ◊ Relationship variety ◊ Connecting with patients ◊ Thinking broadly	◊ One piece of the clinical puzzle ◊ “Maybe 10 % of information” ◊ Mainly EKG, stress imaging ◊ Prefer cardiology for further imaging and evaluation
Cardiology	◊ Manager ◊ Broad thinker ◊ Complex/Definitive answers ◊ High public visibility	◊ Structure-function relationships ◊ Procedures/Imaging ◊ Prevention ◊ Managing patients	◊ Diagnosis and management ◊ Prioritize structure-function relationship, e.g., echo, cinegraphic CMR ◊ Collaborative imaging interpretation with radiology
Emergency Medicine	◊ Diagnostician ◊ Broad thinker ◊ Definitive answers ◊ Moderate public visibility	◊ Efficiency ◊ Undifferentiated patients ◊ Gatekeepers ◊ Variety of patients	◊ Triage patients / Rule out worst case scenario ◊ Mainly EKG, CXR, echo, maybe coronary CT ◊ Refer to cardiology for further testing
Radiology	◊ Diagnostician ◊ Broad thinker ◊ Definitive answers ◊ Low public visibility	◊ Technology ◊ Innovation ◊ Knowing something about everything ◊ Consultant	◊ Provide objective answer to clinical question and make patient better ◊ Minimal “gray area” ◊ Right imaging for the right patient ◊ Collaborative imaging interpretation with cardiology
Vascular/Cardiac Surgery	◊ Fixer ◊ Focused thinker ◊ Definitive answers ◊ Moderate public visibility	◊ Working with hands ◊ Technical work with immediate outcome ◊ Ability to do/fix something	◊ To determine appropriateness of surgery, surgical planning, surgical follow up ◊ Prioritize 3D CTA or intraoperative ultrasound/fluoroscopy ◊ Radiology does official report but we also interpret imaging