Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is considered the standard non-
invasive tool to rule-out obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Moreover, several …

Cardiac computed tomography (CT) was initially developed as a non-invasive diagnostic
tool to detect and quantify coronary stenosis. Thanks to the rapid technological …

Nowadays, coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has a role of paramount
importance in the diagnostic algorithm of ischemic heart disease (IHD), both in stable …

Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is one of the world's leading causes of morbidity and
mortality. Likewise, the diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with coronary artery …

Current cardiovascular risk stratification by use of clinical risk score systems or plasma
biomarkers is good but less than satisfactory in identifying patients at residual risk for …

Cardiac imaging is central to the diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease,
beyond symptoms and clinical risk factors, by providing objective evidence of myocardial …

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, and various
cardiovascular imaging modalities have been introduced for the purpose of diagnosing and …

• Emerging CT techniques include functional assessment of coronary stenoses by CT
perfusion and CT fractional flow reserve, new applications with the potential to improve …

Introduction: Rapid technological advances in computed tomography (CT) have allowed CT
coronary angiography (CTCA) to be delivered at low radiation dose and high diagnostic …

In the last three decades, several technologies were introduced in cardiology to allow a non-
invasive evaluation of cardiac anatomy, function, perfusion, and metabolism with billions of …