First in-vivo coronary stent imaging with clinical ultra high resolution photon-counting CT

Coronary CT angiography (cCTA) plays a limited role for coronary stent imaging. Blooming artifacts from stent struts and adjacent calcifications often impair in-stent-lumen (ISL) visualization. Thus, current guidelines do not recommend cCTA for imaging of smaller stents. 1 Taylor A.J. Cerqueira M. Hodgson J.M. et al. ACCF/SCCT/ACR/AHA/ASE/ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SCMR 2010 appropriate use criteria for cardiac computed tomography. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2010; 4 (e401-433): 407 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar