Cardiovascular Computed Tomography in Clinical Practice

Dear Colleagues,

During the last 20 years, cardiac computed tomography (CCT) has emerged as a technique that can provide crucial diagnostic and prognostic information in different clinical scenarios. CCT is now recommended by the international scientific society as a key tool in patients with acute and chronic coronary artery disease (CAD). CCT cannot only rule out obstructive CAD, but also provides valuable information about the atherosclerotic burden, plaque composition, and pericoronary fat inflammation. Moreover, recent developments such as the study of myocardial perfusion and fractional flow reserve have transformed CCT into a one-stop test able to offer all the anatomical and functional information to guide the management of patients with CAD.  CCT is also increasingly used in other clinical settings, such as congenital and structural heart disease. Finally, there is increasing evidence that CCT can be used for tissue characterization with remarkable clinical value, including the assessment of ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies.

This Special Issue aims to discuss the potential and challenges of new and established clinical applications of cardiovascular CT. 

Dr. Marco Guglielmo
Dr. Ibrahim Danad
Dr. Saima Mushtaq
Guest Editors

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