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Clinical History: A 20-year-old man suffered a high-impact road accident and was admitted to the emergency room with haemodynamic instability. A whole-body CT scan was performed following the polytrauma protocol., 20 years, male

Clinical History: A 47 year old male presented to our department as a referral from neurology out patient department with complaints of excruciating back pain, weakness & tingling sensation in bilateral lower limbs with history of decreased sexual performance over past couple of years. Vitals were normal. Clinical examination shows- Power in bilateral lower limbs are 4/5, decreased sensation, & feeble femoral pulses., 47 years, male

Clinical History: A 64-year-old female presented with acute hypoxic respiratory failure requiring intubation. A CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) was performed to rule out pulmonary embolism., 64 years, female

Clinical History: A 74-year-old male with a medical history of atrial fibrillation and Bentall-Bono surgery five months ago presented to the emergency room with four-day general malaise and anterior chest pain., 74 years, male

Clinical History: A 39-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department because of acute respiratory distress syndrome and hemoptysis. She had a history of large ventricular septum defect for which she had undergone belated surgery at the age of 4. Upon admission, a PCR for SARS-CoV2 returned positive. In the next few days, her status was complicated by heart failure., 39 years, female

Clinical History: A 58-year-old man presented with lombalgia and shriving for 6 days. He had a history of HIV infection under treatment. Blood analysis showed leukocytosis (18.430/L), urine analysis was unremarkable and haemocultures revealed the presence of Klebsiella Pneumoniae. The patient was started on amoxicillin + clavulanic acid 875 mg + 125 mg. It was performed a spinal MRI and an urgent CT angiography. The patient was admitted to the infectious diseases department. Following the forward imaging findings, particularly the aneurysm diameter increasing (51mm to 55mm in 26 days), the patient underwent open vascular surgery to remove the infected thrombosed aneurysm. Candida albicans was isolated from the excluded aneurysm and the patient was prescribed Caspofungin 70mg., 58 years, male

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) treated with method of endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) (Fig. 1) need to undergo regular Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) in order to detect AAA growth. Computed...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: As for the coronary artery inflammation and coronary atherosclerotic burden, which are used to assess the risk of adverse cardiac events in patients, it is unclear whether there is anycertain correlation between them.Therefore, the purpose of this...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Besides MR angiography (MRA) and duplex ultrasound, computed tomography angiography (CTA) is the primary non-invasive modality for the evaluation of the lower runoff in emergency setting and in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is associated with high stress on the cardiovascular system; cardiovascular complications can occur intraoperatively, early in the posttransplant period or later in follow‐up [1, 2]. Since the prevalence of coronary...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Photon-counting detector CT can help to overcome the major limitations of conventional CT detectors, such as limited spatial resolution and electronic noise. Using virtual-monoenergetic-image (VMI) energies has already been beneficial for improving...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Patients with an unruptured intracranial aneurysm often undergo periodic imaging to detect potential aneurysm growth, which is associated with an increased risk of rupture.[1] Aneurysm growth is currently determined using 2D measurements.[2] Despite...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Coronary variants and anomalies can represent causes of angina, arrhythmias, syncope, or even more, they can have a serious hemodynamic impact, resulting in sudden cardiac death. Therefore, an accurate description of the anatomy and severity...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To differentiate usual radiological findings after cardiovascular surgery from pathological ones, as well as to discern early and late complications. To highlight the role of CT in the management of these...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) guided intervention of non-IRA lesions might be superior to conservative therapy in preventing major adverse cardiac events (MACE). However the proper timing of the intervention is still under debate. Moreover, it is...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) allows characterization of atherosclerotic plaque in addition to luminal stenosis. Quantifying coronary plaque burden and adverse plaque characteristics may improve cardiovascular risk prediction. Novel...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To understand the definition and causes of the development of aorto-occlusive syndromeTo demonstrate some clinical cases of chronic aorto-occlusive syndrome in patients who underwent MSCT with intravenous enhancement for other...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: CT angiography of the brain is the standard method for assessing vascular stenosis and diagnosing acute stroke, detecting intracranial vascular occlusions, identifying atherosclerotic plaques or vascular malformations, and many other conditions.How...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To make a practical guide that resumes the main CT findings needed for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: 1.To give an overview of the different lesion types encountered in blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) 2.To enable radiologists to become familiar with the CT and MR features of BCVI and to describe potential...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: With the development and application of antiretroviral therapy (ART), non-AIDS–related death has become the leading cause of death in most people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH), of which coronary artery disease (CAD) is the main...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Increased pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation based on CT angiography (CTA) is a surrogate marker of perivascular inflammation and was shown to be associated with plaque development and vulnerability. The first-generation photon-counting...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To provide to general radiologists an overview of the different class of drugs used in Cardiac-CT, giving some practical instructions to manage them effectively and...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: Describe the main congenital anomalies of the aorta See the protocol of angio-CT scan Show the main findings of these...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: The purpose of this study is to illustrate different types of coronary artery fistulas (CAFs) and to evaluate their potential hemodynamic impact. Our aim was also to underline the importance of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) in detecting these rare...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: Describe imaging features suggestive of Pulmonary Hypertension Discuss and illustrate CT features of its main...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: The first objective is to review the role of imaging in penetrating cardiac injuries. The second objective is to review imaging findings and complications, based on different...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Behcet’s disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology[1]. Arterial involvement, occurring in 3.6-12% of patients[2, 3], is less common than venous lesions but is the leading cause of death in BD[4]. Arterial...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: To evaluate the triple-rule-out examination protocol of emergency chest pain CT using wide-body detector CT and select the optimal scanning...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: AIM: To evaluate and compare the performance of the 64 CT slice and 320 CT-slice CT Angiography (CTA) in the diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease( CAD). OBJECTIVE: To compare the diagnostic values (including sensitivity, image quality and...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Congenital atresia of the left main coronary artery is an extremely rare condition with unclear aetiology[1]. Left main coronary artery atresia (LMCAA) is a rare anatomical anomaly in which the left coronary ostium is absent, the proximal left main...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Sleep disturbances are common in the general population. It is estimated that clinically significant obstructive sleep apnoea affects approx. 4–10% of adult men and 2–4% of adult women (1). In recent years, studies have documented the...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: The left ventricular myocardium is a complex organ requiring knowledge of specific imaging characteristics that can be useful in diagnosing morphology and lesions. Therefore, understanding embryonic development, optimising cardiac MRI (cMRI) and...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Patients with Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA-ECMO) after cardiac arrest require a contrast-enhanced CT scan for the detection and exclusion of pulmonary and systemic vascular causes, therapy limiting conditions, iatrogenic...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: To determine the diagnostic significance of volumetric CT in the study of the state of the coronary artery and the left ventricular myocardium in patients with coronary artery...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: The prognostic value of non-obstructive CAD has only been researched in the western countries and the follow-up time is relatively short. It is unclear whether there is still a prognostic role of non-obstructive CAD in the Chinese population during...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) is currently the principal treatment method for abdominal aortic aneurysms. Use of fenestrated and branched stent–grafts in EVAR (f/bEVAR) allows repair procedures of juxtarenal and thoracoabdominal aneurysms....

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: The transfer of coronary arteries remains a major concern during arterial switch operation (ASO) in children with dextro-transposition of great arteries (D-TGA). Coronary artery anomalies (CAAs) significantly increase the complexity of ASO and may...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To know the causes of thoracic flow artifacts and provide clues to distinguish them from true filling defects. To be aware of persistent and anomalous cardiac communications that are relevant in clinical practice and its typical imaging...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Multispiral computed tomography (MSCT) coronary angiography (CAG) is a highly informative method of visualizing atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries and assessing their structure [1,2]. At the same time, this method has a few significant...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To describe different post processing techniques to assess coronary artery lumen for presence of atherosclerotic disease. To describe vessel analysis tools in grading atherosclerosis and patency of grafts. To describe factors affecting coronary...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Previous studies mainly focus on the prognosis between MB and obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), or non-obstructive CAD. However, these studies mainly enrolled patients with stenosis caused by coronary plaque which may be a confounding...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: 1. To review similarities and differences of thoracic manifestation in pulmonary hypertension (PH) depending on its main cause. 2. Based on the predominant PH origin, to revise radiological together with clinical signs systemically and exemplify...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: To evaluate strategies to reduce contrast media volumes for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) on a clinical first-generation dual-source Photon Counting Detector (PCD)-CT system using a dynamic circulation...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Portrayal of main types of adult congenital heart anomalies assessed in our clinic. Discussing the overall position of imaging in GUCH and listing the advantages and limitations of cardiac-CT and cardiac-MR examinations in this particular...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: To prospectively investigate the diagnostic accuracy, image quality, and radiation doses of electrocardiogram (ECG) -triggered high-pitch acquisition (turbo flash) coronary CT angiography (CCTA) using third-generation dual-source CT compared with...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: Progress in non-invasive and intracoronary imaging technologies has enhanced understanding of the complex pathology and pathophysiology of coronary artery atherosclerosis, highlighting the heterogeneity of plaque characteristics and their...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: The evaluation of the cardiac valves before transcatheter or surgical treatment has become essential in clinical practice. This poster provides an updated guide of Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) scan protocols, post-processing imaging analysis...

Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Purpose: To investigate the feasibilityof combiningspectral CT imaging and AI-based motion-compensated reconstruction(MCR)forpatients with coronary artery bypass grafts(GABG) by comparingwith polyenergetic CT...

Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References, Learning objectives: To point to the main criteria for the CT assessment (both nonenhanced and contrast-enhanced) of intramural hematoma , its further development, and the formation of various complications , on which the surgery strategy is...