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Journal introduction
26 December 2011
Downloads of manuscripts from the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT) have gone viral. Elsevier reports that downloads of JCCT articles have increased 500% in 2011. In 2010, there wer...
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Allen J. Taylor
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Myocardial bridging on coronary CTA: An innocent bystander or a culprit in myocardial infarction?
21 November 2011
Abstract: Myocardial bridging describes the clinical entity whereby a segment of coronary artery is either partially or completely covered by surrounding myocardium. It represents the most frequent co...
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Rine Nakanishi,
Ronak Rajani,
Yukio Ishikawa,
Toshiharu Ishii,
Daniel S. Berman
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3-13
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Infarct detection with a comprehensive cardiac CT protocol
21 November 2011
Background: Cardiac CT has the potential to offer comprehensive infarct detection by assessing regional wall motion abnormalities (RWMAs), rest perfusion defects (RPDs), and delayed contrast enhanceme...
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Brian B. Ghoshhajra,
Pal Maurovich-Horvat,
Tust Techasith,
Hector M. Medina,
Daniel Verdini,
Manavjot S. Sidhu,
Ron Blankstein,
Thomas J. Brady,
Ricardo C. Cury
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14-23
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Comparison of dual-source 64-slice adenosine stress CT perfusion with stress-gated SPECT-MPI for evaluation of left ventricular function and volumes
21 November 2011
Background: Evaluation of left ventricular (LV) volumes and ejection fraction (LVEF) represent important components of pharmacologic stress imaging with either myocardial CT perfusion (CTP) or gated s...
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Shanmugam Uthamalingam,
Gagandeep S. Gurm,
Manavjot S. Sidhu,
Daniel J. Verdini,
Yongkasem Vorasettakarnkij,
Leif-Christopher Engel,
Ron Blankstein,
Wilfred S. Mamuya,
Udo Hoffman,
Thomas J. Brady,
Ricardo C. Cury,
Brian B. Ghoshhajra
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24-30
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Predictors of worsening renal function after computed tomography coronary angiography: Assessed by cystatin C
21 November 2011
Background: An increase in cystatin C (CyC) of ≥10% for 24 hours may predict contrast-induced nephropathy and worse outcomes in patients with renal dysfunction undergoing invasive coronary angiography...
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Hirohiko Ando,
Satoshi Isobe,
Tetsuya Amano,
Takashi Yamada,
Hiroko Ohtsubo,
Miyuki Yuba,
Hideki Ishii,
Toyoaki Murohara
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31-36
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A method for coronary artery calcium scoring using contrast-enhanced computed tomography
21 November 2011
Background: Limitations to the coronary calcium score include its requirement for noncontrast imaging and radiation exposure that approaches current methods for contrast-enhanced CT angiography. Objec...
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James M. Otton,
Jacob T. Lønborg,
David Boshell,
Michael Feneley,
Andrew Hayen,
Neville Sammel,
Ken Sesel,
Lourens Bester,
Jane McCrohon
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37-44
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| Editorial |
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Agatston score tried and true: By contrast, can we quantify calcium on CTA?
16 December 2011
Atherosclerosis is characterized by lipoprotein deposition, a maladaptive inflammatory response, ensuing apoptosis and necrosis, and, in the healing stages, by calcification and fibrosis. Therefore, a...
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Szilard Voros,
Zhen Qian
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45-47
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| Pictorial Essay |
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Coronary CTA assessment of coronary anomalies
28 November 2011
Abstract: Coronary anomalies occur in <1% of the general population and can range from a benign incidental finding to the cause of sudden cardiac death. The coronary anomalies are classified here a...
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Amit Pursnani,
Jill E. Jacobs,
Farhood Saremi,
Jeffrey Levisman,
Amgad N. Makaryus,
Carlos Capuñay,
Ian S. Rogers,
Christoph Wald,
Shah Azmoon,
Ioannis A. Stathopoulos,
Monvadi B. Srichai
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48-59
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| Images in Cardiovascular CT |
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The missing left atrial appendage
21 November 2011
Abstract: A 34 year old man underwent a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) prior to implantation of a biventricular ICD and DC cardioversion, to exclude left atrium and left atrial appendage thrombu...
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Niamh M. Kilcullen,
James K.H. Woo,
Suhny Abbara,
Conor D. Barrett,
Aaron Baggish
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60-61
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Evaluation of aortic bioprosthesis stenosis by multidetector CT
21 November 2011
Abstract: Because visualization the bioprosthesis leaflets is often hampered by shadowing artifacts from to the metal in the annulus or the struts, visualization and determination of the etiology of b...
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Sophie Piérard,
Stéphanie Seldrum,
Thierry Muller,
Bernhard L. Gerber
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62-65
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Society News
04 January 2012
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66
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| From the Desk of the President |
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Get me a CT … STAT
26 December 2011
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James K. Min
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67-68
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A3-A5
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