In the second part of this interview with the esteemed Dr. Khurram Nasir, new cohosts Michael Gannon and Dixitha Anugula join Praveen Ranganath explore coronary calcium in the context of chest pain, access to care, and future endeavors. 

In the first part of this interview with the esteemed Dr. Khurram Nasir, new cohosts Michael Gannon and Dixitha Anugula join Praveen Ranganath to discuss coronary calcium scoring and preventive cardiology.

Alastair and Praveen discuss the recent RAPID-CTCA trial out of the UK. Does coronary CTA in the ED lead to fewer adverse events? Tune in and find out!

Welcome to a new season of the podcast! Praveen and Nidhi are joined by new voices, Suvasini Lakshmanan, MD and Kashif Shaikh, MD, to break down the new 2021 multisociety chest pain guidelines in the context of cardiac CT. Tune in and enjoy!

Alastair and Praveen are joined by Dr. Campbell Rogers, CMO and executive VP at HeartFlow, to discuss the recently-published FORECAST trial. What are the economic and clinical outcomes of selective FFRct use in stable chest pain? Tune in and enjoy! 

Alastair and Praveen  discuss the science, history, and clinical utility of aortic valve calcium scoring by cardiac CT. Tune in and enjoy! 

Nidhi Madan joins Alastair and Praveen to discuss the current guidelines in cardiac CT education, training, and competency with a focus on the recently published 2020 SCCT guidelines .

Alastair and Praveen are joined by AI-virtuoso and friend Alexander Van Rosendael to discuss new developments in artificial intelligence for cardiac imaging. How can AI shape the future of cardiac imaging? Tune in and enjoy!

References:

CONFIRM substudy 

PARADIGM substudy

Multiregistry study on automated calcium scoring 

Host Praveen Ranganath responds to the recently-published provocative JAMA Internal Medicine Patient Page article titled "Should I Get a Coronary CT Scan?". Tune in and enjoy! 

Alastair and Praveen (@PraveenRangan9) continue the second part of their conversation on plaque characterization and cardiac CT with the esteemed Dr. Jonathon Leipsic (@JonathonLeipsic). In this second part of a two part conversation, Dr. Leipsic and our hosts discuss the technical considerations, critiques, and future outlooks on complex plaque characterization by CT.