Join hosts Nidhi Madan, MD; Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT; Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, FSCCT and Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT as they take a deep dive into featured articles in the January – February 2026 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Ashish Manohar, PhD and Hatem Alkadhi, MD, MPH.

This episode will explore:

• Cardiac CT Fractal Analysis of LV Noncompaction and Common Cardiomyopathies
• Diagnostic performance of coronary CT angiography to diagnose acute spontaneous coronary artery dissection

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Host Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT is joined by guest-host Anjali Chelliah, MD, FSCCT as they discuss CT for Congenital Heart Disease through conversations with Jennifer Cohen, MD; Sunil Ghelani, MD, FSCCT and Kanwal Farooqi, MD.

This episode will explore:

• Comparison of Single-source Cardiac CT and CMR Quantified Ventricular Volumes and Function in Congenital Heart Disease
• Rapid Growth of CT Utilization Compared to MRI and Echocardiography in Imaging for Congenital Heart Diseases: A Multicenter Analysis
• Association of Lower Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve Values with High Risk Anatomic Characteristics in Pediatric Patients with Anomalous Coronary Arteries

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Join hosts Nidhi Madan, MD; Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT; Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, FSCCT and Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT as they take a deep dive into featured articles in the September – October 2025 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Dan Berman, MD, MSCCT and Dmitrij Kravchenko, MD, BSc.

This episode will explore:

• Roadmap Analysis for Coronary Artery Stenosis Detection and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Prediction in Cardiac CT for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
• Automated Coronary Analysis in Ultrahigh-Spatial Resolution Photon-Counting Detector CT Angiography: Clinical Validation and Intra-individual Comparison with Energy-Integrating Detector CT

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Join hosts Nidhi Madan, MD; Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT; Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, FSCCT and Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT as they take a deep dive into featured articles in the July – August 2025 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, FSCCT; Ahmad El yaman, MD; Patricia Rodriguez-Lozano, MD, MS; Kashif Shaikh, MD and Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid, MBBS, PhD, FRACP.

This episode will explore:

• Geographical Distribution and Accessibility to Cardiac CT Readers in the United States: A Snapshot from the 2022 Medicare Analysis
• CT Derived Fractional Flow Reserve: Part 1 – Comprehensive Review of Methodologies
• CT Derived Fractional Flow Reserve: Part 2 – Critical Appraisal of the Literature

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Join hosts Nidhi Madan, MD; Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT; Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, FSCCT and Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT as they take a deep dive into featured articles in the May – June2025 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Borek Foldyna, MD, FSCCT; Ming-Yen Ng, MBBS, FRCR, FSCCT; Daisuke Kinoshita, MD; Muhammad Taha Hagar, MD and Philipp Arnold, MD.

This episode will explore:

• Air pollution, coronary artery disease, and cardiovascular events: Insights from the PROMISE trial
• Using Cardiac CT to Clarify the Relationship between Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis
• Performance of Large Language Models for CAD-RADS 2.0 classification derived from Cardiac CT reports
• High-risk Plaque Features and Perivascular Inflammation
  
  

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Join hosts Nidhi Madan, MD; Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT; Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, FSCCT and Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT as they take a deep dive into featured articles in the March – April 2025 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Jonathan Weir McCall, MBChB, PhD, FRCR, FSCCT; Tilman Emrich, MD; Akos Varga-Szemes, MD, PhD; Emese Zsarnoczay, MD; David Wilson, PhD and Juhwan Lee, PhD .

This episode will explore:

• A new business paradigm to make coronary CT angiography (CCTA) accessible to all
• Predicting Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using AI-Based Fully Automated Left Atrioventricular Coupling Index
• Prediction of obstructive coronary artery disease using coronary calcification and epicardial adipose tissue assessments from CT calcium scoring scans

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Host Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT is joined by Ed Nicol, MD, MBA, MSCCT; Ahmad Slim, MD, FSCCT and Jonathon Leipsic, DM, FRCPC, MSCCT to discuss the special focus issue of JCCT on the business aspects of cardiac CT.

This special focus issue is dedicated to the economic and logistical aspects of running a cardiac CT program and covers a wide range of topics including:

- evolving practice models or settings

- studies of efficacy and efficiencies in practice and protocols

- innovations in training and team-building

- data-driven practice expansion

- integrations of cardiac CT across the care spectrum

- business case studies that feature analyses, site comparisons, pro forma application examples, etc.

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Join hosts Nidhi Madan, MD; Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT; Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM, FSCCT and Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT as they take a deep dive into featured articles in the November – December 2024 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT; Maria Hauge, MD and Takayuki Niida, MD.

This episode will explore:

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CCT): A White Paper of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)
• Aortic dimensions in women with previous pre-eclampsia
• Differences in total plaque burden between plaque rupture and plaque erosion: A combined computed tomography angiography and optical coherence tomography study

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