{"id":62,"date":"2026-10-26T15:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/cardiolab\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T13:44:29","slug":"clinical-cardiac-ct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/cardiolab\/clinical-cardiac-ct\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Cardiac CT"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Heart and Vascular Center runs a high-volume cardiac CT program covering all aspects of cardiac imaging, led by EACVI Level III cardiac CT experts and performed jointly by radiologists and cardiologists.<\/p>\n

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4,500+<\/p>\n

cardiac CT examinations per year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/p>\n

CT systems incl. photon-counting CT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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~20<\/p>\n

radiologists and cardiologists reporting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Indications<\/p>\n

Clinical services<\/h2>\n
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Coronary CT angiography<\/h3>\n

Evaluation of suspected or known coronary artery disease, including plaque assessment and calcium scoring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Structural interventions<\/h3>\n

Pre-procedural planning for TAVI and other transcatheter interventions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Valvular heart disease<\/h3>\n

Prosthetic valve assessment after surgical or transcatheter valve replacement, including hypoattenuated leaflet thickening (HALT) and valve dysfunction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Heart transplantation follow-up<\/h3>\n

Post-transplant follow-up of heart transplant recipients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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CT-guided PCI<\/h3>\n

CCTA-based planning of complex percutaneous coronary interventions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Photon-counting CT<\/h3>\n

High-resolution coronary and stent imaging with the NAEOTOM Alpha.Peak photon-counting CT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Volume-rendered<\/a><\/div>\n

CCTA with LAD curved planar reformation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stent imaging on coronary CT angiography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Whole-aorta CT angiography for structural and vascular planning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Spectral<\/a><\/div>\n

Myocardial iodine map from spectral CT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Coronary<\/a><\/div>\n

Plaque overlay on the coronary tree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Case studies<\/p>\n

Photon-counting CT cases<\/h2>\n

Selected clinical cases from our centre, published on the Siemens Healthineers Connect community.<\/p>\n

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Coronary plaque<\/p>\n

UHR photon-counting CT improves detection of low-attenuation coronary plaque<\/a><\/h3>\n

View case on Siemens Healthineers Connect \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Myocarditis<\/p>\n

Photon-counting CT for myocardial tissue characterization in acute myocarditis: comparison with CMR<\/a><\/h3>\n

View case on Siemens Healthineers Connect \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy<\/p>\n

Photon-counting CT for coronary assessment and functional imaging in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy<\/a><\/h3>\n

View case on Siemens Healthineers Connect \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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