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Role of MDCT in evaluation of epicardial fat volume as an independent risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis
This article by Shehata SM, et al., clarifies the association between epicardial fat volume and coronary atherosclerosis.
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LV outflow obstruction predicts increase in systolic pressure gradients and blood residence time after TMVR
This article by De Vecchi A, et al., validates computational models to identify the LVOT obstruction degree that causes significant changes in ventricular hemodynamics after transcatheter mitral valve replacement.
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Optimized categorization algorithm of CACS on non-gated chest low-dose CT screening using IMR
This article by Fan R, et al., investigates the optimized categorization algorithm of coronary artery calcification score for more accurate risk assessment on non-gated chest low-dose CT screening using IMR.
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Assessment of the role of 128 row MDCT in the evaluation of coronary artery bypass grafts patency
This article by El Gerby KM, et al., concludes that MDCT is the imaging modality of choice to evaluate the patency and stenosis of CABG.
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Additional prognostic value of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity to coronary CTA in patients with suspected CAD
This article by Hwang IC, et al., investigates whether information about arterial stiffness provides additional prognostic value to coronary CTA findings.
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A change of heart
This article by Kauw, et al., emphasizes the benefit of cardiac evaluation through CTA in acute stroke settings as well as the use of DE CTA in differentiating between thrombus, the myocardial wall, and a slow flow of contrast.
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Utility of virtual monoenergetic images from a dual-layer detector-based spectral CT in assessing aortic anatomy and pathology
This article by Chalian, et al., evaluates the ability of retrospectively generated virtual monoE images from dual-layer detector-based spectral CT to augment aortic enhancement.
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Improving myocardium segmentation in cardiac CT angiography
This article by Bruns, et al., explores whether virtual mono-energetic images improve the generalization of a 3D fully convolutional network used for myocardium segmentation in CCTA images.
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Accuracy of predicted orthogonal projection angles for valve deployment during transcatheter aortic valve replacement
This article by Steinvil, et al., investigates the accuracy of MDCT prediction methods versus actual angiographic deployment angles.
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Radiation burden and associated cancer risk for a typical population to be screened for lung cancer with low-dose CT
This article by Perisinakis, et al., finds that radiation risk from repeated annual 256-slice LDCT LCS exams may minimally aggravate the lifetime intrinsic cancer risk of a typical screening population.
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Usefulness of routine coronary CTA in patients with transposition of the great arteries after an arterial switch operation
This article by Szymczyk, et al., presents the early results of routinely performed coronary CTA in asymptomatic adolescents and young adults with transposition of the great arteries after an arterial switch operation.
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Inverse association between hyperthymic affective temperament and coronary atherosclerosis
This article by Nemcsik, et al., evaluates the associations between different affective temperaments and the presence of coronary atherosclerosis
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Evaluation of pulmonary vein anatomy using 256-slice computed tomography
This article by Shi, et al., evaluates pulmonary vein anatomy using 256-slice CT, which may be necessary for electrophysiologists to know before radiofrequency catheter ablation therapy
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Pre-procedural multi-slice computed tomography in aortic valve replacement
This article by Almolla, et al., describes the pre-operative role of MSCT in aortic valve lesions regarding detection of valve morphological changes and important measurements needed for valve replacement.
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Radiomic features are superior to conventional quantitative CT metrics to identify coronary plaques with napkin-ring sign
This article by Kolossváry, et al., determines whether radiomic analysis improves the identification of napkin-ring sign plaques.
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Experience with an on-site coronary CT-derived fractional flow reserve algorithm for assessing coronary stenoses
This article by Donnelly, et al., evaluates the performance of an on-site CT fractional flow reserve algorithm and determines whether its performance is affected by interobserver variations in lumen segmentation.
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Effect of sarpogrelate on characteristics of coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes
This article by Lee, et al., evaluate the effect of sarpogrelate on vascular health in Korean patients with diabetes.
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Normal-weight obesity is associated with increased risk of subclinical atherosclerosis
This article by Kim, et al., evaluate whether normal-weight obese individuals have higher rates of subclinical atherosclerosis compared to normal-weight lean subjects.
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Cardiac CT angiography predicts left atrial appendage occluder device size and procedure outcome
This article by Goitein, et al., investigates the role of cardiac CTA in predicting optimal left atrial appendage occluder size and procedure outcome.
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Automated and manual measurements of the aortic annulus with ECG-gated cardiac CTA prior to TAVR
This article by Guez, et al., compares aortic annular measurements by cardiac CTA to 3D-TEE and also evaluates the use of semi-automated software for cardiac CTA annular measurements.
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