JCCT Pulse

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. This episode will explore: Disprop...

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 No...

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 Uti...

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 Coronar...

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...

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 Arno...

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;...

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 o...

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: Arti...

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.  This episode will explore: Computed tomo...

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.  This episode will explore: AI-Enabled Cardiac Chambers Volumetry in Coronary Calcium Scans (AI-CAC) Pred...

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.  This episode will explore: SCCT delivering high quality education globally: Reflect...

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. This episode will explore: Derivation and validation of a novel Functional FFRCT Score incorporating the burden of coronary ste...

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. This episode will explore: Expanding Appropriate Use of Cardiac CT in...

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. This episode will explore: Technical recommendations for computed tomography g...

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. This episode will explore: Computed tomo...

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. This episode will explore: The effect of patient and imaging characteristics on coronary CT angiograp...

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. This episode will explore: Perivascular Fat Attenuation For Predicting Adverse Cardiac Events In Stable Patients Un...

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. This episode will explore: Are risk factors necessary for pretest probability assessment of coronary artery...

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. This episode will explore: Increased coronary pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation...

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. This episode will explore: Clinical outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implan...

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. This episode will explore: Socioeconomics of Coronary Artery Calcium Is it Scored or Ignored?  Detection of small coronary c...

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. This episode will explore: Comparison of coronary artery measurements between echocardiograms and cardiac CT...

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. This episode will explore: The Direct Costs of Coronary CT Angiography Relative to  Contrast-Enhanced Thoraci...

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 Ac...