JCCT Pulse
With each new Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT) issue, podcast hosts Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT; Jill Jacobs, MD, MS-HQSM; Nidhi Madan, MD, MPH and Prashant Nagpal, MD, FSCCT deliver highlights of key topics through interviews with the authors and subject matter experts. Tune in to stay up-to-date with the latest happenings in the field of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Theme music by Jason Lee.
Issue insight: JCCT | September – October 2026
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 2026 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Sang-Eun Lee, MD, PhD; Sardi Hyska, MD and Moritz Halfmann, MD
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Issue insight: JCCT | July – August 2026
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 2026 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Jonathan Weir-McCall, MBChB, FRCR, PhD, FSCCT; Shihab Sarwar, MD and Alan Rozanski, MD.
Issue insight: JCCT | May – June 2026
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 – June 2026 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Yipu Ding, MD and Tom Semple, MDres, FRCR, MBBS, BSc.
Issue insight: JCCT | March – April 2026
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 2026 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Gemma Figtree, MD; Michael Gray, MPH and Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid, MBBS, PhD, FRACP.
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Disproportionate Atherosclerotic Burden in the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery in Participants without Standard Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Feasibility and Utility of Anatomical and Phy...Issue insight: JCCT | January – February 2026
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.
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Cardiac CT Fractal Analysis of LV Noncompaction and Common Cardiomyopathies Diagnostic performance of coronary CT angiography to diagnose acute spontaneous coronary artery dissectionSupport the show
Special Focus Issue on CT for Congenital Heart Disease
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.
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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 Co...Issue insight: JCCT | September – October 2025
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.
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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 Com...Issue insight: JCCT | July – August 2025
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.
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Issue insight: JCCT | May – June 2025
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.
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Issue insight: JCCT | March – April 2025
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 .
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Special Focus Issue on Business Aspects of Cardiac CT
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 p...
Issue insight: JCCT | November – December 2024
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.
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Issue insight: JCCT | September – October 2024
Join hosts Nidhi Madan, MD and guest hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, FSCCT and Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT as they take a deep dive into featured articles in the September – October 2024 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Gareth Morgan, MD; Yoshinobu Onuma, MD, PhD; Ashton Sequeira, MD and Shone Almedia, MD.
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Issue insight: JCCT | July – August 2024
Join host Anna Reid, MD, FSCCT and guest host Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT as they take a deep dive into featured articles in the July – August 2024 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Morteza Naghavi, MD and Abdul Ihdayhid, MBBS, PhD, FRACP.
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Issue insight: JCCT | May – June 2024
Join hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, FSCCT, Anna Reid, MD, FSCCT and guest host Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT as they take a deep dive into featured articles in the May – June 2024 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Dr. Ed Nicol; Dr. Anjali Chelliah and Dr. Dan Jones.
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Issue insight: JCCT | January – February 2024
Join guest host Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into featured articles in the January – February 2024 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our host chats with Dr. Lavinia Gabara, Dr. Kakuya Kitagawa and Dr. Armin Zadeh.
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Issue insight: JCCT | November – December 2023
Join hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD and guest host Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD as they take a deep dive into two featured articles in the November – December 2023 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Dr. Shone Almeida, Dr. Andrew Choi and Dr. Lauren Baldassarre.
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Issue insight: JCCT | September – October 2023
Join hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD and guest host Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MCR, MSCCT as they take a deep dive into two featured articles in the September – October 2023 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Our hosts chat with Dr. B. Kelly Han and Dr. Patrick Serruys.
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Issue insight: JCCT | March – April 2023
Join hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD and guest host Armin Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, MSCCT as they take a deep dive into two featured articles in the March – April 2023 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chelliah and Dr. Reid will chat with Dr. Rebecca Beroukhim, Dr. Gianluca Pontone and Dr. Saima Mushtaq.
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Issue insight: JCCT | January - February 2023
Join hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD as they take a deep dive into two featured articles in the January – February 2023 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chelliah and Dr. Reid will chat with: Dr. Márton Kolossváry and Dr. Juan Lopez-Mattei.
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Issue insight: JCCT | November - December 2022
Join hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD as they take a deep dive into two featured articles in the November – December 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chelliah and Dr. Reid will chat with: Dr. Armin Zadeh and Dr. Ed Nicol.
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Issue insight: JCCT | September - October 2022
Join hosts Anjali Chelliah, MD, and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD as they take a deep dive into two featured articles in the September – October 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chelliah and Dr. Reid will chat with: Dr. Márton Kolossváry and Dr. Jay Earls.
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Issue insight: JCCT | July - August 2022
Join hosts Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD as they take a deep dive into three featured articles in the July – August 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines and Dr. Reid will chat with: Dr. Jiayin Zhang; Dr. David Newby and Dr. Christoph Gräni.
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Issue insight: JCCT | May - June 2022
Join hosts Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT and Anna Reid, MBChB, PhD as they take a deep dive into three featured articles in the May – June 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines and Dr. Reid will chat with: Dr. Masahiko Asami; Dr. Jeremy Burt and Dr. Edoardo Conte.
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Issue insight: JCCT | March - April 2022
Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the March – April 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Kim Williams, MD; Evangelos Tzolos , MD and Hashrul Rashid, MBBS.
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Issue insight: JCCT | January - February 2022
Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the January – February 2022 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Laura Gellis , MD, MPH; Nehal Mehta , MD and Jonathon Leipsic , MD, MSCCT.
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Issue insight: JCCT | November - December 2021
Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the November – December 2021 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Geoffry Rubin , MD, MBA; Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT and Gudrun Feuchtner, MD.
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Issue insight: JCCT | Chest Pain Guideline
Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into the newly released 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Our special guests are Ron Blankstein, MD, MSCCT; Michelle Williams, MBChB, PhD, FSCCT; Stephan Achenbach, MD, MSCCT and Pamela Douglas, MD .
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Issue insight: JCCT | September - October 2021
Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the September – October 2021 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Dan Berman , MD , MSCCT, Joao Calvalcante, MD, FSCCT and B. Kelly Han, MD, FSCCT.
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Issue insight: JCCT | July - August 2021
Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the July – August 2021 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Alexander R. van Rosendael, MD , Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD, FSCCT and Ashraf Hamden, MD.
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Issue insight: JCCT | May - June 2021
Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the May – June 2021 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Gary Small, MB ChB MRCP, Martin Willemink , MD, PhD, FSCCT and Melissa Daubert , MD, FSCCT.
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Issue insight: JCCT | March - April 2021
Join Todd C. Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into two featured articles in the March – April 2021 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Jonathon Leipsic, MD, MSCCT and Robert Safian, MD.
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Issue insight: JCCT | January - February 2021
Join Todd Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the January – February 2021 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with: Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT, Damini Dey, PhD, FSCCT and Paul Knaapen, MD.
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Issue insight: JCCT | November - December 2020
Join Todd Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the November – December2020 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with : Eileen Hu-Wang, MD, Eric Williamson, MD, FSCCT and Michael Morris, MD.
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Comparison of professional medical society guidelines for appropriate use of coronary computed tomography angiography Dynamic Computed Tomographic Assessment of the Mitral Annulus in Patients With and Without Mitral ProlapsePredicting paravalvular leak after transcatheter mitral valve replacement using commercially available software modelingSupport the show
Issue insight: JCCT | September - October 2020
Join Todd Villines, MD, MSCCT as he takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the September – October 2020 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Villines will chat with : Alexander van Rosendael, MD, Jonathan Weir-McCall, MB ChB and Peter Stone, MD.
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Percent atheroma volume: Optimal variable to report whole-heart atherosclerotic plaque burden with coronary CTA, the PARADIGM study Annular versus supra-annular sizing for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in bicuspid aortic valve disease Risk stratification of coronary plaques using physiologic characteristics by CCTA: Focus on shear stressSupport the s...
Issue insight: JCCT | July - August 2020
Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the July – August 2020 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chinnaiyan will chat with JCCT Editor in Chief, Todd Villines, MD, MSCCT, SCCT President, Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, MSCCT and Francesco Pollari, MD.
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Coronary computed tomographic angiograpy and invasive coronary angiography a reevaluationAortic valve calcification as a risk factor for major complications and reduced survival after transcatheter replacement Dynamic CT myocardial perfusion imagingSupport the show
Issue insight: JCCT | May - June 2020
Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the May – June 2020 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chinnaiyan will chat with JCCT Editor in Chief, Todd Villines, MD, MSCCT, Joao Cavalcante, MD, FSCCT, Jeroen Bax, MD and Vincenzo Vingiani, MD, FSCCT.
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Baseline global longitudinal strain by computed tomography is associated with post transcatheter aortic valve replacement outcomes Coronary atherosclerosis scoring with semiquantitative CCTA risk scores for prediction of major adverse cardiac events: Propensity score-based analysis of diabetic and non-diabetic patients Low...Issue insight: JCCT | March - April 2020
Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into two featured articles in the March – April 2020 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chinnaiyan will chat with Daniele Andreini, MD, PhD, FSCCT and Andrew Choi, MD, FSCCT.
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Interpretability of coronary CT angiography performed with a novel whole-heart coverage high-definition CT scanner in 300 consecutive patients with coronary artery bypass grafts The global social media response to the 14th annual Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography scientific sessions.Reference:
Accelerating the future of cardiac CT: Soci...Issue insight: JCCT | COVID-19 Guidance
Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she discusses SCCT’s Guidance for use of cardiac computed tomography amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Our experts include Drs. Ron Blankstein, Andrew Choi, and Todd Villines with recommendations and experiences from Kelley Branch and Mahmud Mossa-Basha of University of Washington and Gianluca Pontone of Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, in Milan, Italy.
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Issue insight: JCCT | January - February 2020
Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into two featured articles in the January – February 2020 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chinnaiyan will chat with Todd Villines, MD, MSCCT, Julia Karady, MD and Michael Blaha, MD, MPH.
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Long-term health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of coronary CTangiography in patients with suspicion for acute coronary syndromeValidation of the Coronary Artery Calcium Data and Reporting System
(CAC-DRS): Dual importance of CAC score and CAC distribution from the
Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) consortium
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