CT of heart

Indications

• evaluation of heart disease
  • coronary artery disease
  • cardiac masses
  • pericardial disease
  • heart failure

Advantages

• high-resolution tomographic images
• enables 3 dimensional reconstruction of vasculature

Disadvantages

• radiation exposure

More general terms

• CT of chest; CT of thorax
• cardiac imaging

More specific terms

• cardiac computed tomography angiography; coronary computed tomography angiography; CT angiography (CCTA)
• coronary artery calcium (CAC testing)
• CT for congenital heart disease

Component of

• fractional flow reserve (FFR)