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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2025

Computed Tomography Angiography in the Catheterization Laboratory: A Guide Towards Optimizing Coronary Interventions.

Eirini Beneki, Kyriakos Dimitriadis, Nikolaos Pyrpyris, Alexios Antonopoulos, Konstantinos Aznaouridis, Panagiotis Antiochos, Christos Fragoulis, Henri Lu, David Meier, Konstantinos Tsioufis and 3 more

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Eirini BenekiFirst Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0464-3607
Kyriakos DimitriadisFirst Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos PyrpyrisFirst Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0401-9473
Alexios AntonopoulosFirst Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos AznaouridisFirst Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0706-4424
Panagiotis AntiochosDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8466-7360
Christos FragoulisFirst Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5598-9950
Henri LuDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9074-6505
David MeierDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5524-5844
Konstantinos TsioufisFirst Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7636-6725
Stephane FournierDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Constantina AggeliFirst Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Georgios TzimasDepartment of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2810-8887

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac computed tomography (CT) has become an essential tool in the pre-procedural planning and optimization of coronary interventions. Its non-invasive nature allows for the detailed visualization of coronary anatomy, including plaque burden, vessel morphology, and the presence of stenosis, aiding in precise decision making for revascularization strategies. Clinicians can assess not only the extent of coronary artery disease but also the functional significance of lesions using techniques like fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT). By providing comprehensive insights into coronary structure and hemodynamics, cardiac CT helps guide personalized treatment plans, ensuring the more accurate selection of patients for percutaneous coronary interventions or coronary artery bypass grafting and potentially improving patient outcomes.

Indexed as

atherosclerosiscomputed tomographycoronary angiographycoronary plaquepercutaneous coronary interventionpre-procedural planning

Identifiers

PMID39852306
PMCPMC11766008

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