Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into two featured articles in the March – April 2020 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chinnaiyan will chat with Daniele Andreini, MD, PhD, FSCCT and Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT.

This episode will explore:

• Interpretability of coronary CT angiography performed with a novel whole-heart coverage high-definition CT scanner in 300 consecutive patients with coronary artery bypass grafts 
• The global social media response to the 14th annual Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography scientific sessions. 

Reference:

• Accelerating the future of cardiac CT: Social media as sine qua non?  

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Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she discusses SCCT’s Guidance for use of cardiac computed tomography amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Our experts include Drs. Ron Blankstein, Andrew Choi, and Todd Villines with recommendations and experiences from Kelley Branch and Mahmud Mossa-Basha of University of Washington and Gianluca Pontone of Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, in Milan, Italy. 

This episode will explore:

• Use of cardiac computed tomography amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

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Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into  the newly released expert consensus document on myocardial computed tomography perfusion imaging. Our special guests, writing group chairs Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT and Amit Patel, MD, FSCCT and JCCT Editor-in-Chief Todd Villines, MD, MSCCT will explore the big picture impact of the statement.

This episode will explore:

• Expert consensus document on myocardial computed tomography perfusion imaging

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Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into two featured articles in the January – February 2020 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chinnaiyan will chat with Todd Villines, MD, MSCCT, Julia Karady, MD and Michael Blaha, MD, MPH.

This episode will explore:

• Long-term health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of coronary CT
  angiography in patients with suspicion for acute coronary syndrome
• Validation of the Coronary Artery Calcium Data and Reporting System
  (CAC-DRS): Dual importance of CAC score and CAC distribution from the
  Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) consortium

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Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the September – October 2019 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chinnaiyan will chat with Márton Kolossváry, MD, PhD; Michelle Williams, MD, PhD, FSCCT; and Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, FSCCT

This episode will explore:

• Advanced atherosclerosis imaging by CT: Radiomics, machine learning and deep learning 
• Coronary atherosclerosis imaging by CT to improve clinical outcomes 
• The role of coronary CTA for acute chest pain in the era of high-sensitivity troponins

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Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the November – December 2019 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chinnaiyan will chat with Carlo De Cecco, MD, PhD; Dr. Matthew Budoff, MD, FSCCT, MSCCT; and Martin J Willemink, MD PhD FSCCT

This episode will explore:

• Artificial intelligence machine learning-based coronary CT fractional flow reserve (CT-FFRml): Impact of iterative and filtered back projection reconstruction techniques
• Coronary artery calcification and ethnicity
• Coronary artery calcium: A technical argument for a new scoring method 

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Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the July - August 2019 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chinnaiyan will chat with Sheldon Litwin, MD, FSCCT; Elliot McVeigh, PhD; and Pepijn Van Diemen, MD.

This episode will explore:

• Effects of obesity on noninvasive test results in patients with suspected cardiac ischemia: Insights from the PROMISE trial
• Using a genetic risk score to calculate the optimal age for an individual to undergo coronary artery calcium screening
• The association of coronary lumen volume to left ventricle mass ratio with myocardial blood flow and fractional flow reserve

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