Cardiac CT: State of the art and future scenarios

Abstract

Computed tomography of the heart (CCT) has become an effective tool in different clinical contexts. The development of the technology has led to a progressive expansion of the indications with a concomitant reduction of the radiation dose necessary for the execution of the investigation.Computed tomography (CT) is, in fact, destined to consolidate as a pillar of cardiovascular diagnostics for a number of practical reasons. These include the robustness and reproducibility of performance, the fairly low cost compared to magnetic resonance imaging, the great flexibility of use that puts it at the center of multifunctional diagnostic structures. To this is added the fact that with each new generation of computed tomography devices the real and potentialapplications expand further