Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) has emerged as a promising technique for the treatment of these patients with severe mitral valve disease and high or prohibitive surgical risk. Early experience with TMVR has shown...
Fractional flow reserve derived from CT is a rapidly developing technique, with an increasing burden of literature supporting its potential role in the workup of patients suspected of having coronary artery disease.
The role of noninvasive imaging to help guide transcatheter aortic valvular interventions is well established and has grown with the advances in the procedure. With the rapid development of new transcatheter mitral valve...
CT-derived fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) uses computational fluid dynamics to derive non-invasive FFR to determine the haemodynamic significance of coronary artery lesions. Studies have demonstrated good diagnostic accuracy...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the current study was to determine the effects of gadolinium contrast agent on right (RV) and left ventricular (LV) volumetric, aortic flow and pulse wave velocity (PWV) quantification using manual...
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary pulse wave velocity (PWV) allows the non-invasive measurement of pulmonary arterial stiffening, but has not previously been assessed in COPD. The aim of the current study was to assess PWV in COPD and its...
BACKGROUND: Both pulmonary arterial stiffening and systemic arterial stiffening have been described in COPD. The aim of the current study was to assess pulse wave velocity (PWV) within these two arterial beds to determine...
BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress (OS) has been implicated in the development of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and ventricular hypertrophy. Xanthine oxidase is a well-recognised source of reactive oxygen species, which lead to OS. The...
Amid rapid growth in transcatheter valvular interventions computed tomography (CT) has emerged as a pivotal noninvasive imaging resource that can be used throughout many stages of the transcatheter heart valve process, enhancing...
For surgical aortic valve replacement, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons score (STSS) is the reference standard for the prediction of operative risk. In transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) though, where the procedure...
Aim: A modified Delphi approach was used to develop consensus opinion among British Society for Cardiac Imaging/British Society of Cardiac CT (BSCI/BSCCT) members in order to prioritise research questions in cardiovascular...
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery calcification is a significant contributor to reduced accuracy of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in the assessment of coronary artery disease severity. The aim of the current study is...
BACKGROUND: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is an emerging cardio-metabolic risk factor and has been shown to correlate with adverse cardiovascular (CV) outcome; however the underlying pathophysiology of this link is not well...
AIM: A modified Delphi approach was used to develop consensus opinion among British Society for Cardiac Imaging/British Society of Cardiac CT (BSCI/BSCCT) members in order to prioritise research questions in cardiovascular...
BACKGROUND: CT measurement of supra-annular area (SA) has been proposed as an alternative to annular area (AA) for sizing of trancatheter valves in biscuspid aortic valves (BAV). This study examines the reproducibility of SA and...
Since the publication of the firstexpertconsensus document on computed tomography imaging before transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)/trans- catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) by the So- ciety of Cardiovascular...
OBJECTIVES: Coronary and cardiac calcification are frequent incidental findings on non-gated thoracic computed tomography (CT). However, radiologist opinions and practices regarding the reporting of incidental calcification are...
The 15th Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) annual scientific meeting (ASM) welcomed 770 digital attendees from 44 countries, over 2 days, with a program that included 30 sessions across three simultaneously...
BACKGROUND: Unlike most noninvasive imaging modalities, coronary computed tomography angiography can characterize subtypes of atherosclerotic plaque. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic...
The 14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the SCCT, held from July 11 to July 14 in Baltimore, MA, was attended by 830 attendees from 31 countries, with a program that included 45 sessions, and 26 exhibitors. This article summarizes...
INTRODUCTION: Angina, myocardial ischemia, and coronary artery physiology in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are poorly understood. However, coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) with fractional flow reserve from CT...