JCCT Pulse

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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