Advances in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CT)

Dear Colleagues,

In its three decades of existence, cardiovascular CT has profoundly revolutionized patient assessment and has established itself as one of the most recommended tests to guide patient management. This success was attributed to CT’s unique ability to depict not only morphology with incredible detail but also physiology and function during the same examination. Despite tremendous technological developments that have helped improve imaging speed, diagnostic accuracy, and patient safety, CT is constantly reinventing itself, with new applications arising regularly. Open questions remain regarding the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, primarily based on the need to identify high-risk patients before they experience clinical symptoms and to guide invasive therapy. At the same time, the worldwide use of CT is still on the rise, raising safety concerns. In younger patients, the main issue is the exposure to ionizing radiation, while for the elderly with impaired renal function, the principal concern may be contrast-associated acute kidney injury.

This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest developments and cutting-edge research in cardiovascular computed tomography (CT). We invite submissions that show recent advancements across the spectrum of cardiovascular CT, encompassing both clinical applications and foundational scientific works.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Clinical Innovations: Novel diagnostic and prognostic applications, advanced image acquisition and reconstruction techniques, artificial intelligence and machine learning in clinical workflows, quantitative CT analysis, and clinical outcomes studies.

Experimental and Pre-clinical Research: Investigations into new contrast agents or acquisition protocols, radiation dose reduction strategies, novel hardware developments, functional imaging techniques, and studies utilizing ex vivo systems to explore the underlying mechanisms of cardiovascular disease or validate new CT methodologies.

Dr. David C. Rotzinger
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• computed tomography angiography
• cardiovascular imaging
• contrast media
• spectral computed tomography
• quantitative imaging
• coronary artery disease
• aortic disease
• pulmonary embolism
• structural heart disease