Position paper of the German Cardiac Society on cardiac computed tomography for periprocedural planning and performance of cardiac interventions: From the Committee for Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine DGK-Positionspapier zur Schnittbildgebung Teil I: Kardiale Computertomographie zur periprozeduralen Planung und Durchführung von kardialen Interventionen: Aus der Kommission für Klinische Kardiovaskuläre Medizin

Ochs M, Breitbart P, Sultan A, Hell M, Schulz-Menger J, Lurz P, Tillmanns C, Tesche C, Linke A, Achenbach S, Thiele H, Rudolph TK, Ghanem A, Korosoglou G (2025)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Die Kardiologie Springer

Book Volume: 19

Pages Range: 128-146

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1007/s12181-025-00724-0

Abstract

The significance of cardiac computed tomography (CT) for the diagnosis or exclusion of coronary artery disease (CAD) is firmly established in the recommendations of the guidelines in the sense of an extended risk stratification and treatment management. Technological advances are now paving the way for new applications beyond diagnostics in periprocedural planning and guidance of cardiac interventions. Coronary CT angiography enables the noninvasive, patient-specific selection of strategic approaches including lesion preparation. In structural interventions the exact three-dimensional analysis of dimensions, spatial resolution and three-dimensional relationships as well as the appropriate selection of implants are made possible. While cardiac CT is already indispensable for preprocedural planning in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), the procedure is also increasingly being utilized in invasive cardiology for planning of other structural and coronary interventions as well as electrophysiological procedures. The aim of this position paper is to categorize the areas of application of cardiac CT as a supportive method for cardiac interventions and to define standards for its application and interpretation.

Authors with CRIS profile

Stephan Achenbach Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin II

Involved external institutions

Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) DE Germany (DE) Asklepios Klinik Altona DE Germany (DE) Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz DE Germany (DE) Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Köln DE Germany (DE) Klinik Augustinum München DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Leipzig DE Germany (DE) Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main DE Germany (DE) Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg - Bad Krozingen GmbH DE Germany (DE) GRN-Klinik Weinheim DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Ochs, M., Breitbart, P., Sultan, A., Hell, M., Schulz-Menger, J., Lurz, P.,... Korosoglou, G. (2025). Position paper of the German Cardiac Society on cardiac computed tomography for periprocedural planning and performance of cardiac interventions: From the Committee for Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine DGK-Positionspapier zur Schnittbildgebung Teil I: Kardiale Computertomographie zur periprozeduralen Planung und Durchführung von kardialen Interventionen: Aus der Kommission für Klinische Kardiovaskuläre Medizin. Die Kardiologie, 19(2), 128-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12181-025-00724-0

MLA:

Ochs, Marco, et al. "Position paper of the German Cardiac Society on cardiac computed tomography for periprocedural planning and performance of cardiac interventions: From the Committee for Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine DGK-Positionspapier zur Schnittbildgebung Teil I: Kardiale Computertomographie zur periprozeduralen Planung und Durchführung von kardialen Interventionen: Aus der Kommission für Klinische Kardiovaskuläre Medizin." Die Kardiologie 19.2 (2025): 128-146.

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