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Lecture Series

General

An introduction to the technology of computed tomography and to special considerations in cardiac imaging by CT.

Cross-sectional Cardiac Anatomy in Computed Tomography
Ricardo C. Cury
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
(4MB pdf)

A systematic review of cardiac anatomy in transaxial cross-sectional slices as well as the standard planes and orientations used for cardiac imaging.

Coronary Calcium

An overview of the clinical data concerning the use of coronary calcium for risk stratification concerning future cardiovascular events.

CT Coronary Angiography

A brief review of the accuracy data available for recent generation cardiac CT scanners concerning the detection of coronary artery stenoses as well as information on potential clinical applications.

CT Imaging of Coronary Bypass Grafts
Eugenio Martuscelli
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
(2.8MB pdf)

Overwiev over practical issues and available clinical data concerning evaluation of coronary artery bypass grafts by MDCT.

CT Imaging of Coronary Artery Stents
Filipo Cademartiri
Department of Radiology and Cardiology
Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
(1.1MB pdf)

This lecture highlights special considerations relative to the imaging of coronary artery stents with practical information on interpretation, artifacts, and available clinical data.

Typical Artifacts in Coronary CT Angiography
Stephan Achenbach
Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Germany
(3.1MB pdf)

A review over the most common problems that affect image quality in cardiac CT, pitdalls in evaluation, and strategies to avoid them.

Plaque Imaging by MSCT
Alexander Leber
Department of Cardiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
(1.2MB pdf)

A summary of the currently available data concerning imaging of non-stenotic coronary atherosclerotic plaque by computed tomography

This series of slide lectures contains information on the methodology and clinical applications of cardiac computed tomography. The slides have been created by recogized experts in their field and address practical issues pertaining to performing and interpreting cardiac CT scans as well as clincal indications and limitations. We are grateful to our contributors for creating the slide sets and hope that you will find them useful and informative.

Opinions expressed in these slide lectures are those of the authors and not necessarily of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.