Cardiac CT and Plaque Assessment: More than a diagnosis

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program, attendees should be able to

• Understand the natural progression of cardiac atherosclerotic disease.
• Understand the current state of cardiac CT based plaque assessment, including CAC and CCTA, and features that confer added risk.
• Appreciate the near-future technologies that will contribute to cardiac CT based plaque assessment including quantitative CT, fat-attenuation index, and photon-counting CT.