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  • PCCT for coronary assessment and functional imaging in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

    @Bálint Szilveszter, Borbála Vattay, Péter Csongor, @Milan Vecsey-Nagy Városmajor Heart and Vascular Centre, Cardiac CT Working Group, Budapest, Hungary September 29, 2026 History Why did the patient come for a CT exam? A 63-year-old female patient, presenting with typical chest pain, was referred for coronary imaging to…

  • PCCT for myocardial tissue characterization in acute myocarditis: comparison with CMR

    Ferenc Imre Suhai, Barbara Sipos, Milán Vecsey-Nagy, Bálint Szilveszter Városmajor Heart and Vascular Centre, Cardiac CT Working Group, Budapest, Hungary September 29, 2026 History Why did the patient come for a CT exam? A 29-year-old male patient, with a history of hypertension and bronchial asthma, was referred to the…

  • (2026) Shin | PCCT reduces coronary calcium overestimation compared with EID-CT

    PCCT reduced overestimation of coronary artery calcium compared with conventional energy-integrating detector CT (EID-CT), addressing the well-known impact of calcium blooming, partial-volume effects, beam hardening, and motion artifacts on coronary calcium assessment. The study used native coronary arteries from 10…

  • (2026) Pontone | EACVI/ESC consensus on cardiac CT in everyday practice

    Learning objectives To provide a basic understanding of CCT technology and use of different scan protocols according to the clinical questions To describe what information can be obtained from a CCT study for a variety cardiac conditions and how this can affect clinical management To know indications for CCT for the…

  • (2026) Kirschfink | Cardiac PCCT reliably rules out LAA thrombus in acute ischemic stroke

    Cardiac PCCT integrated directly into the acute stroke CT workflow achieved 96% diagnostic accuracy, 90% sensitivity, 97% specificity, and a particularly strong 99% negative predictive value for left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus compared with TEE. The cardiac acquisition was added immediately after stroke CTA with only…

  • PCCT for In-Stent Occlusion: Lumen Visualization and Myocardial Viability

    The original case report was published at JACC: Case reports Nguyen KV, Nguyen VT, Nguyen NT, et al. Photon-Counting Computed Tomography for In-Stent Occlusion: Lumen Visualization and Myocardial Viability. JACC Case Rep. 2026;108566. doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.108566. [toggle] Authors and Affiliations Authors: Khoi…

  • Calcification in LAD with no lumen influence

    Comment: This is not a complete case report Examination Protocol Scanner NAEOTOM Alpha Scan area Heart Scan mode QuantumPlus Scan length 134.52 mm Scan direction Cranio-caudal Scan time 3.6 s Tube voltage 120 kV Effective mAs IQ level 70 Dose modulation CARE Dose4D CTDIvol 28.6 mGy DLP 375 mGy*cm Rotation time 0.25 s Pitch…

  • The Future of Coronary Stent Assessment: Ultra-High-Resolution Cardiac CT Case Series from MEA

    Dr. Leena Sulaibeekh, Dr. Mary AI-Teraif, Dr. Rajesh Jayakumar, Dr. Mohammed Ali Zayed, Dr. Chetan Narayana, and Dr. Mohammed Faizal Mohammed Bin Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Specialist Cardiac Centre (MKCC), Bahrain June 3, 2026 lntroduction Cardiovascular care and imaging requirements have undergone a significant…

  • (2026) De Gori | Single-session PCCT protocol enables combined coronary, carotid, and lung screening

    A single-session PCCT workflow successfully combined coronary CTA, carotid imaging, lung assessment, and delayed cardiac imaging within one consolidated examination. The protocol integrated UHR coronary PCCTA (0.2 mm) with a high-pitch thoraco-cervical acquisition (0.4 mm), maintaining diagnostic image quality while…

 

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    📅 October 14th, 2026 🕙 7:00 AM (Los Angeles) | 10:00 AM EST (New York) | 4:00 PM CET (Berlin) 📍 Online-only, registration required Register here Our next global meeting will be dedicated to pediatric imaging with the NAEOTOM Alpha class. How did other users transition from EID to PCCT when it comes to imaging children?…

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    This class is taught by Siemens Healthineers experts developing and integrating the technology since more than a decade. Starting off with the theory, you will deep dive into the complete imaging chain and complement your learning with practical experiences on clinical focus areas and best-practices. Customer quotes: "Very…