JCCT Pulse

Join hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD as they take a deep dive into two featured articles in the January – February 2023 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chelliah and Dr. Reid will chat with: Dr. Márton Kolossváry and Dr. Juan Lopez-Mattei.This episode will explore:The effect of patient and imaging characteristics on coronary CT angiography assessed pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation and gradient Cardiac Computed Tomographic Imaging in Cardio-Oncology: An Expert Consensus Statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Endorsed by the International Cardio-Oncology Society (ICOS)Support the show

Join hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD as they take a deep dive into two featured articles in the November – December 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chelliah and Dr. Reid will chat with: Dr. Armin Zadeh and Dr. Ed Nicol.This episode will explore:Perivascular Fat Attenuation For Predicting Adverse Cardiac Events In Stable Patients Undergoing Invasive Coronary AngiographyCoronary Artery Calcium Scoring vs. CT Coronary Angiography for the assessment of occupationally significant coronary artery diseaseSupport the show

Join hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD as they take a deep dive into two featured articles in the September – October 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chelliah and Dr. Reid will chat with: Dr. Márton Kolossváry and Dr. Jay Earls.This episode will explore:Are risk factors necessary for pretest probability assessment of coronary artery disease? A patient similarity network analysis of the PROMISE trial Coronary CTA Plaque Volume Severity Stages According to Invasive Coronary Angiography and FFR Support the show

Join hosts Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD as they take a deep dive into three featured articles in the July – August 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines and Dr. Reid will chat with: Dr. Jiayin Zhang;  Dr. David Newby and Dr. Christoph Gräni.This episode will explore:Increased coronary pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation in diabetic patients compared to non-diabetic controls: A propensity score matching analysisDebates in cardiac CT: Coronary CT angiography is the best test in asymptomatic patientsReproducibility of 4D cardiac computed tomography feature tracking myocardial strain and comparison against speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with severe aortic stenosisSupport the show

Join hosts Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD as they take a deep dive into three featured articles in the May – June 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines and Dr. Reid will chat with: Dr. Masahiko Asami;  Dr. Jeremy Burt and Dr. Edoardo Conte.This episode will explore:Clinical outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with porcelain aortaDeep learning model to quantify left atrium volume on routine non-contrast chest CT and predict adverse outcomes Live integration of comprehensive cardiac CT with electroanatomical mapping in patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia Support the show

Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the March – April 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Kim Williams, MD;  Evangelos Tzolos , MD and Hashrul Rashid, MBBS.This episode will explore:Socioeconomics of Coronary Artery Calcium Is it Scored or Ignored? Detection of small coronary calcifications in patients with Agatston coronary artery calcium score of zeroThe impact of hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening on haemodynamic valve deterioration following transcatheter aortic valve replacementSupport the show

Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the January – February 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Laura Gellis , MD, MPH;  Nehal Mehta , MD and Jonathon Leipsic  , MD, MSCCT.This episode will explore:Comparison of coronary artery measurements between echocardiograms and cardiac CT in Kawasaki Disease patients with aneurysmsChronic Inflammatory Diseases and Coronary Heart Disease: Insights from Cardiovascular CTTrans-lesional Fractional Flow Reserve Gradient as Derived from Coronary CT Improves Patient Management: ADVANCE registrySupport the show

Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the November – December 2021 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Geoffry Rubin , MD, MBA;  Andrew Choi, MD,  FSCCT and Gudrun Feuchtner, MD.This episode will explore:The Direct Costs of Coronary CT Angiography Relative to  Contrast-Enhanced Thoracic CT: Time-Driven Activity-Based CostingCT Evaluation by Artificial Intelligence for Atherosclerosis, Stenosis and Vascular Morphology (CLARIFY): A Multi-center, international studySmoking and obesity predict high-risk plaque by coronary CTA in low coronary artery calcium score (CACS)Support the show

Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into  the newly released 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Our special guests are Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT; Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT; Stephan Achenbach, MD, MSCCT and Pamela Douglas, MD .This episode will explore:2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice GuidelinesSupport the show

Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the September – October 2021 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Dan Berman , MD , MSCCT,  Joao Calvalcante, MD,  FSCCT and B. Kelly Han, MD, FSCCT.This episode will explore:The accuracy of coronary CT angiography in patients with coronary calcium score above 1000 Agatston Units: Comparison with quantitative coronary angiography Prosthesis-patient mismatch defined by cardiac computed tomography versus echocardiography after transcatheter aortic valve replacement Multi-institution assessment of the use and risk of cardiovascular computed tomography in pediatric patients with congenital heart diseaseSupport the show