Clinical applications of cardiac computed tomography: a consensus paper of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging—part II
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Cardiac computed tomography (CT) was initially developed as a non-invasive diagnostic tool to detect and quantify coronary stenosis. Thanks to the rapid technological development, cardiac CT has become a comprehensive imaging modality which offers anatomical and functional information to guide patient management. This is the second of two complementary documents endorsed by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging aiming to give updated indications on the appropriate use of cardiac CT in different clinical scenarios. In this article, emerging CT technologies and biomarkers, such as CT-derived fractional flow reserve, perfusion imaging, and pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation, are described. In addition, the role of cardiac CT in the evaluation of atherosclerotic plaque, cardiomyopathies, structural heart disease, and congenital heart disease is revised.
Institutions: Centro Cardiologico Monzino, University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, University of Edinburgh, Klinik Hirslanden, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, National Health Service, Queen Mary University of London, Barts Health NHS Trust, William Harvey Research Institute, Semmelweis University, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Regione Toscana, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4206805828