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Practice Guideline
. 2024 Sep-Oct;18(5):429-443.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2024.05.232. Epub 2024 Jun 6.

Standards for quantitative assessments by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA): An expert consensus document of the society of cardiovascular computed tomography (SCCT)

Koen Nieman  1 , Hector M García-García  2 , Alexandre Hideo-Kajita  3 , Carlos Collet  4 , Damini Dey  5 , Francesca Pugliese  6 , Gaby Weissman  7 , Jan G P Tijssen  8 , Jonathon Leipsic  9 , Maksymilian P Opolski  10 , Maros Ferencik  11 , Michael T Lu  12 , Michelle C Williams  13 , Nico Bruining  14 , Pablo Javier Blanco  15 , Pal Maurovich-Horvat  16 , Stephan Achenbach  17
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Practice Guideline

Standards for quantitative assessments by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA): An expert consensus document of the society of cardiovascular computed tomography (SCCT)

Koen Nieman et al. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2024 Sep-Oct.
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Abstract

In current clinical practice, qualitative or semi-quantitative measures are primarily used to report coronary artery disease on cardiac CT. With advancements in cardiac CT technology and automated post-processing tools, quantitative measures of coronary disease severity have become more broadly available. Quantitative coronary CT angiography has great potential value for clinical management of patients, but also for research. This document aims to provide definitions and standards for the performance and reporting of quantitative measures of coronary artery disease by cardiac CT.

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Computed coronary tomography angiography; Coronary plaque; Definitions.

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Declaration of competing interest Héctor M. García-García reports the following Institutional grant support: Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Abbott, Neovasc, Shockwave, Phillips and Corflow; Consultancy fee from Boston Scientific, Abbott and Amgen. Koen Nieman acknowledges support from the NIH (NIH R01- HL141712; NIH R01 - HL146754), and reports unrestricted institutional research support from Siemens Healthineers, Bayer, HeartFlow Inc, Novartis unrelated to this work, consulting for Novartis and Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Artrya, Cleerly, Elucid, and equity in Lumen Therapeutics. Maksymilian P. Opolski reports institutional grant support from B. Braun; consulting for Boston Scientific and proctorship for Boston Scientific, Terumo and Biotronik. Michelle Williams has given talks for Canon Medical Systems, Siemens Healthineers and Novartis. Damini Dey has received software royalties from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and is supported by grants from the NIH/NHLBI (1R01HL148787-01A1 and 1R01HL151266). Jonathon Leipsic is a consultant and holds stock options in HeartFlow Inc., is a consultant to Circle CVI and has received modest corelab personal fees from Arineta and has received modest speaking fees from GE Healthcare and Philips HealthCare. Michael T Lu reports institutional research support from the American Heart Association (18UNPG34030172; 810,966), AstraZeneca, Ionis, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Kowa, the National Academy of Medicine, and the NIH (U01HL123339; U24HL164284; R33HL141047; R01HL164629). Maros Ferencik received grant support from the American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health. Maros Ferencik received consulting fees HeartFlow, Elucid, Siemens Healthineers.

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