Clinical application of cardiac computed tomography: Current recommendations Klinische Anwendung der kardialen Computertomographie: Aktuelle Empfehlungen

Tesche C, Marwan M, Hell M, Schmermund A, Loßnitzer D, Möhlenkamp S, Ropers D, Achenbach S, Korosoglou G (2025)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Herz Springer Verlag (Germany)

DOI: 10.1007/s00059-025-05310-4

Abstract

Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is suitable for use in patients with a low to intermediate pretest probability for risk stratification and for a clear exclusion of coronary heart disease. Furthermore, in addition to a purely anatomical depiction of coronary stenosis it enables the morphological assessment of the underlying plaques and a functional assessment of the hemodynamic relevance. The clinical value of cardiac CT is taken into account in the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) on chronic coronary syndrome with a class 1 recommendation. Cardiac CT therefore has an essential gatekeeper function with respect to the indications for coronary interventions. In the field of structural heart diseases cardiac CT is a core element in the preprocedural planning of heart valve interventions and is the first choice procedure in the postinterventional assessment of unclear findings. Therefore, for interventional heart valve replacement CT-based planning is nowadays the established standard in the clinical diagnostics.

Authors with CRIS profile

Mohamed Marwan Department of Medicine 2 – Cardiology and Angiology Dieter Ropers Department of Medicine 2 – Cardiology and Angiology Stephan Achenbach Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin II

Involved external institutions

Klinikum der Universität München DE Germany (DE) Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz DE Germany (DE) Cardioangiologische Centrum Bethanien DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg DE Germany (DE) Stiftung Bethanien Moers DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Tesche, C., Marwan, M., Hell, M., Schmermund, A., Loßnitzer, D., Möhlenkamp, S.,... Korosoglou, G. (2025). Clinical application of cardiac computed tomography: Current recommendations Klinische Anwendung der kardialen Computertomographie: Aktuelle Empfehlungen. Herz. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-025-05310-4

MLA:

Tesche, Christian, et al. "Clinical application of cardiac computed tomography: Current recommendations Klinische Anwendung der kardialen Computertomographie: Aktuelle Empfehlungen." Herz (2025).

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