Current Issue January 2012, Vol. 6, No. 1

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Journal introduction
January 2012(Vol. 6 | No. 1 | Pages 1-2)
Allen J. Taylor
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Review Article

Myocardial bridging on coronary CTA: An innocent bystander or a culprit in myocardial infarction?
January 2012(Vol. 6 | No. 1 | Pages 3-13)
Rine Nakanishi, Ronak Rajani, Yukio Ishikawa, Toshiharu Ishii, Daniel S. Berman

Original Research Articles

Infarct detection with a comprehensive cardiac CT protocol
January 2012(Vol. 6 | No. 1 | Pages 14-23)
Brian B. Ghoshhajra, Pal Maurovich-Horvat, Tust Techasith, Hector M. Medina, Daniel Verdini, Manavjot S. Sidhu, Ron Blankstein, Thomas J. Brady, Ricardo C. Cury

Apical sparing variant of stress cardiomyopathy: Integrative analysis with multidetector cardiac computed tomography in dual energy mode
30 January 2012
Sung Taek Kim, Heon Lee
Abstract: Stress cardiomyopathy is a unique reversible cardiac syndrome that is frequently precipitated by a physical or emotionally stressful event and has a clinical presentation that is indistingui...
Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Diagnosed by Multiphase Gated Cardiac CT and CT-Guided Percutaneous Trans-sternal Biopsy
30 January 2012
Ripal N. Shah, Tony W. Simmons, J. Jeffrey Carr, Daniel W. Entrikin
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Influence of Heart Rate and Phase of the Cardiac Cycle on the Occurrence of Motion Artefact in Dual Source CT Angiography of the Coronary Arteries
30 January 2012
Stephan Achenbach, Michael Manolopoulos, Annika Schuhbäck, Dieter Ropers, Johannes Rixe, Christian Schneider, Gabriele A. Krombach, Michael Uder, Christian Hamm, Werner G. Daniel, Michael Lell
Abstract: Background: Coronary CT Angiography allows visualization of the coronary arteries. However, motion artefact can impair delineation of the coronary artery lumen and detection of coronary arte...
Cardiac CT in Women: Clinical Application and Considerations
30 January 2012
Lauren A. Simprini, Allen J. Taylor
Abstract: Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) has special considerations and applications in women for the evaluation of coronary heart disease (CHD). Unique aspects of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in w...
Low radiation coronary calcium scoring by dual-source CT with tube-current optimization based on patient body size
30 January 2012
Damini Dey
Abstract: Background: Reducing tube voltage from 120 kV to 100 kV during noncontrast CT for the detection of coronary artery calcium reduces patient radiation exposure. Objective: We investigated if c...

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Rendon C. Nelson, Sebastian Feuerlein, Daniel T. Boll
Rationale and design of the DeFACTO (Determination of Fractional Flow Reserve by Anatomic Computed Tomographic AngiOgraphy) study
September 2011 (Vol. 5 | No. 5 | Pages 301-309)
James K. Min, Daniel S. Berman, Matthew J. Budoff, Farouc A. Jaffer, Jonathon Leipsic, Martin B. Leon, G.B. John Mancini, Laura Mauri, Robert S. Schwartz, Leslee J. Shaw
Computed tomography evaluation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): Imaging of the aortic root and iliac arteries
September 2011 (Vol. 5 | No. 5 | Pages 293-300)
Paul Schoenhagen, Samir R. Kapadia, Sandra S. Halliburton, Lars G. Svensson, E. Murat Tuzcu
CT stress myocardial perfusion imaging using Multidetector CT—A review
November 2011 (Vol. 5 | No. 6 | Pages 345-356)
Brian S. Ko, James D. Cameron, Tony DeFrance, Sujith K. Seneviratne
Training, competency, and certification in cardiac CT: A summary statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
September 2011 (Vol. 5 | No. 5 | Pages 279-285)
Robert Pelberg, Matthew Budoff, Tauqir Goraya, Jon Keevil, John Lesser, Sheldon Litwin, Carter Newton, Michael Ridner, John Rumberger, Shawn Teague, Michael Winkler

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Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography is published by Elsevier for the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

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The Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography is a unique peer-review journal that integrates the entire international cardiovascular CT community including cardiologist and radiologists, from basic to clinical academic researchers, to private practitioners, engineers, allied professionals, industry, and trainees, all of whom are vital and interdependent members of our cardiovascular imaging community across the world. The goal of the journal is to advance the field of cardiovascular CT as the leading cardiovascular CT journal, attracting seminal work in the field with rapid and timely dissemination in electronic and print media.

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