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JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY – 8TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ABSTRACTS (2013) A3–A19

The Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 8th Annual Scientific Meeting

of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

CONTENTS Volume 7 Supplement 1 Siemens Original Academic Research Award Session Abstracts 01-06 Wang Y, Cao J, Kong L,Lin L, Xue H, Jin Z. Radiation Dose Reduction of Coronary CT Angiography at Low Tube Voltage on an Integrated Circuit Detector with Iterative Reconstruction S1 Choi JH, Kim SM, Kim EK, Chang SA, Song YB, Hahn JY, Choi SH, Gwon HC, Choe YH. Non-Invasive Evaluation of Coronary Artery Collateral Flow Using Transluminal Attenuation Gradient Derived from Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography S1 Rossi A, Wragg A, Dharampal A, Petersen S, Nieman K, de Feyter P, Pugliese F. Dynamic Computed Tomography Perfusion Imaging: Performance in the Detection of Functionally Significant Coronary Lesions S1 Williams M, Dweck M, Mirsadraee S, Golay S, Weir N, van Beek E, Reid J, McKillop G, Uren N, Newby D. Radiation Dose Reduction In Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Using Iterative Reconstruction And Patient Tailored Imaging, With Diagnostic Accuracy Compared To Fractional Flow Reserve And Invasive Coronary Angiography S1 Ferencik M, Puchner S, Maehara A, Stolzmann P, Ma S, Do S, Kauczor HU, Mintz G, Hoffmann U, Schlett C. Iterative Image Reconstruction Significantly Improves the Accuracy of Semi-Automated Plaque Burden Assessment in Coronary CT Angiography: A Comparison to Intravascular Ultrasound S2 Azzalini L, Sharma UC, Ghoshhajra B, Inglessis I, Palacios I, Abbara S. C-arm Based CT Is Feasible For Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation/Replacement (TAVI/R) Planning S2 Poster Session I: Coronary CTA and Radiation Exposure I Abstracts 07-13 Zielke S, Pavitt C, Ray R, Lindsay A, Nicol E. Radiation Dose Can Be Reduced By Obtaining Accurate Coronary Artery Calcium Score (CACS) From Coronary CT Angiography (CCTA). S3 Wang X, Duan Y. Diagnostic Efficiency Of 70-kV Low Dose CT Angiography Compared With X-ray Coronary Angiography Incoronary Arterial Lesions Due To Kawasaki Diseases S3 Wang Y, Cao J, Kong L, Lin L, Wang Z, Jin Z. Radiation Dose Reduction of Coronary CTAngiography at Low Tube Voltage on an Integrated Circuit Detector with Iterative Reconstruction S4 Major G, Maurovich-Horvat P, Kiraly I, Mike P, Simon A, Nagy L. Image Quality in Patients with Heart Rate between 65-75 beats per minute Using Prospective ECG Triggered Scan Mode on 256 Slice CT Scanner S4 Gutstein A, Shafir G, Zafrir N, Kornowski R. A Comprehensive Algorithm For Radiation Reduction For Cardiac CTA With Prospective Gating And Iterative Image Reconstruction S5 Komatsu S, Ohe R, Takewa M, Kodama K. Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Using Ultra-Low-Dose Contrast Media For 280 HU/80kV S5 Kobayashi Y, Uejima I, Watanabe K, Nakajima Y, Niimi H. Safety and Efficacy of Landiolol, Ultra Short-Acting Selective β1 Blocker, For Coronary CT Angiography With 256-Slice CT with 0.27sec/Rotation Speed, To Reduce Radiation Dose: The Results of Consecutive 486 Patients S5 Poster Session II: Non-Contrast CTA: Coronary Calcium/Prognosis I Abstracts 14-21

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Marques Filho I, Assunção Jr A, Lima T, Ávila R, Costa S, Pinto M, Sessim Filho J, Araújo Filho J, Nakamura D, Pacheco A, Liberato G, Reiser G, Nomura C, Rochitte C. CT Calcium Score Acquisitions With and Without Scout Attenuation Based Modulation: Comparison of Calcium Score Values, Image Quality and Radiation Dose S6 Yang JJ. Prevalence Of Coronary Artery Ectasia In Older Adults And The Relationship With Epicardial Fat Volume By Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography S6 Marwan M, Pflederer T, Schuhbäck A, Gauss S, Mitschke M, Achenbach S. Predictors of Coronary Artery Calcification Progression: Epicardial Fat Volume versus Body Mass Index; Insights from a Follow-Up Study S6 Layritz C, Khan S, Schmid J, Bietau C, Bittner D, Marwan M, Schuhbäck A, Uder M, Achenbach S, Pflederer T. Differences In Quantifying Coronary Calcifications By Dual-Source CT Between Iterative Reconstruction And Filtered Back Projection S7 Yamada Y, Jinzaki M, Okamura T, Yamada M, Tanami Y, Abe T, Sasaki K, Imai Y, Dutta S, Thomsen B, Kuribayashi S. Feasibility Of Calcium Scoring From Virtual Unenhanced Images Obtained From Fast kV-Switching Dual-Energy Coronary CT Angiography S7 Yamamoto H, Kunita E, Kitagawa T, Utsunomiya H, Urabe Y, Tsushima H, Kihara Y, Budoff MJ. Prognostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium and Epicardial Adipose Tissue Assessed by Non-contract Computed Tomography S7 Dores H, Gonçalves P, Salomé M, Ferreira A, Cardim N, Costa F, Sousa P, Carmo M, Aleixo A, Marques H. Performance Of Traditional Risk Factors In Identifying A Higher Than Expected Coronary Atherosclerotic Burden S8 Sonavane S, Terry N, Fineberg N, Nath H. Comparison Of Visual Scoring Of Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) On Coronary CT Angiogram (CCTA) And Agatston Score On Non Contrast Coronary Artery Calcium Score Scan. S8 Poster Session III: Plaque Imaging I Abstracts 22-29 Marwan M, Pflederer T, Schuhbäck A, Gauss S, Mitschke M, Bittner D, Achenbach S. Computed Tomography Characteristics of Hemodynamically Non-Significant Coronary Artery Lesions Defined By Invasive Fractional Flow Reserve S9 Schuhbäck A, Heinrich D, Schmid J, Bickel I, Marwan M, Gauss S, Pflederer T, Rixe J, Schneider C, Achenbach S. Plaque Composition Determined by Cardiac Computed Tomography in Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Differences between Men and Women S9 Okada M, Nakashima Y, Miura T, Nao T, Yoshimura M, Sano Y, Yonezawa T, Matsunaga N. The Difference Of Coronary Vasodilation Due To The Plaque Characteristics By The Use Of Sublingual Nitroglycerin On A 64-Slice Coronary CT Angiography. S9 Sato A, Shimooka Y, Makiguchi N, Narita K, Fukuzawa J. Cap Thickness Of Fibroatheroma Is Related To Plaque CT Number: Comparison Between Intravascular Optimal Coherence Tomography And Cardiac Computed Tomography S10 Komatsu S, Yoshida J, Kodama K. Demonstration of Coronary Plaque Progression by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Targeting Previous Intracoronary CT Number S10 Nakamura M, Kido Te, Yokoyama R, Matsuda T, Kawaguchi N, Nishiyama Y, Kido To, Kurata A, Miyagawa M, Mochizuki T. Comparison Of Plaque Characteristics Between 256-MSCT Based On The Diluted Test Injection Protocol And IB-IVUS S10 Opolski M, Kepka C, Pregowski J, Kruk M, Staruch A, Kadziela J, Ruzyllo W, Witkowski A. Computed Tomographic Volumetric and Morphometric Plaque Analysis for Prediction of Fractional Flow Reserve in Intermediate Coronary Lesions S11 Roszler SR, Latson L, Plodkowski AJ, Cohen HW, Levsky JM, Haramati LB. Diagnostic Accuracy of Coronary CTA in a Multiethnic Inner-City Overweight Population S11 Poster Session IV: Coronary CTA Acquisition Protocols and Quality Control I Abstracts 30-38

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Soh SY, Wong DTL,, Ko BSH, Cameron JD, Nasis A, Nerlekar N, Troupis J, Meredith IT, Seneviratne SK. Image Quality of Second Generation 320-Detector-Row CT Coronary Angiography In Patients With High Heart Rate– A Comparison With First Generation 320-Detector-Row CT S12 Raju R, Lee K, Nguyen G, Taylor C, Heilbron B, Yang TH, Thompson A, Ellis J, Hague C, Earls JP, Min JK, Leipsic JA. A Randomized Trial Of Low Contrast Volume vs. Standard Contrast Volume CT Coronary Angiography Using Rapid kVp Switching Dual Energy CT S12 Xu D, Xu L, Zhang L, Guan Y. Utility Of Spectral Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography For Reducing Contrast Medium Dose Using Single Source Dual-Energy CT: Initial Results S12 Zhang N, Yu J, Zhang Z, Wang X, Li D. Evaluation Of The Beam Hardening Artifact Reduction Of Monochromatic Images By Using The Cardiac Gemstone Spectral Imaging At Various Heart Rates S12 Wang Y Effect of Vessel Size on the Accuracy of Cardiac CT Spectral Imaging: a Phantom Study S13 Zhang F, Yang L. The Image Quality Of Low kVp Combined With Iterative Reconstruction (IR) Technology Used In High BMI Patients: Initial Experience S13 Fan L, Zhang J, Fu D, Zhang L. Effect Of Snapshot Freeze Motion Correction Algorithm On Image Quality Of Coronary CT Angiography Without Rate-Control Medications S13 Xu D, Guan Y, Xu L, Zhang L. Determination The Optimal Monochromatic Energy Level Of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography: The Initial Experience Of Cardiac CT Spectral Imaging S13 Zhang Z, Li D, Yu J, Zhang N, Yu T. Correlation Between Monochromatic CT Attenuation Value And Iodine Concentration At Various Heart Rates By Using Cardiac Gemstone Spectral Imaging: An In Vitro Study S14 Poster Session V: Acute Chest Pain Abstracts 39-44 Sara L, Azevedo C, Gottlieb I, Lemos P, Vavere A, Niinuma H, Lardo AC, Dewey M, Shapiro E, Clouse ME, Cox C, Brinker J, Miller J, Lima JAC, Rochitte CE. Accuracy of 64-Row Multidetector Computed Tomography for Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Acute Coronary Syndrome Compared With Stable Coronary Disease: A Sub-Study of the CORE64 Multicenter Trial S14 Yuan X, Ao G, Quan C. Single Volume Acquisition At End-Expiration With 320-row CT: A Low-Dose Triple-Rule-Out Technique Tailored For Low To Moderate Body Height Patients S14 Mitschke M, Marwan M, Pflederer T, Schuhbäck A, Achenbach S. Coronary CT Angiography in Emergency Department patients with Low-Risk Acute Chest Pain: Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Outcome S14 George RT, Korley F, Saheed M, Berkowitz S, Fishman E, Zadeh AA, Zimmerman S, Lima JAC, Deutschendorf A, Jones S, Gerstenblith G, Hill P. Implementation of Coronary CT Angiography Reduces One-day Hospital Admissions for Non-Differentiated Chest Pain from the Emergency Department S15 Romero J, Husein A, Mohadidi K, Makani H, Lupercio F, Garcia MJ. Coronary CT Angiography as Accurate as Coronary Angiography for the Evaluation of ACS in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department. A Meta-Analysis. S15 Steyers III C, Taj J, Thome T, Laroia A, Nugent A, Sigurdsson G. Choice Of Test In The Emergency Room Affects Medical Therapy S16 Poster Session VI: Novel Hardware/Technology I Abstracts 45-51 Carrascosa P, Deviggiano A, Capuñay C, Campisi R, López de Munain MN, Vallejos J, Tajer C, Carrascosa J. Iodine Maps in Dual Energy CT for Myocardial Perfusion Assessment With SPECT Correlation S16 Du X, WangY, Li Q, Wang Y, Wang C. Accuracy Of Cardiac CT Spectral Imaging For Iodine Quantification: A Phantom Study S16


Chen Y, Xue H, Sun H, Wang X, Zhang D, Zhang Z, Jin Z. The Image Quality of Dual Energy CT Angiography of the Head and Neck Arteries Using Photon Detectors and Iterative Reconstruction S17 Chen Y, Xue H, Sun H, Wang X, Zhang D, Zhang Z, Jin Z. Radiation Dose Reduction in Dual Energy CT Angiography of Supra-aortic Arteries with Iterative Reconstruction Technique S17 Okamura T, Jinzaki M, Yamada Y, Yamada M, Tanami Y, Okerlund D, Imai Y, Sasaki K, Murphy L, Konduru N, Madhav P, Ohme G, Steenwyk R, Kuribayashi S. Feasibility of a Novel Vendor-Specific Motion-Correction Algorithm for Fast kV-Switching Dual-Energy Coronary CT Angiography S17 Lee H, Kim JA, Suh J, Cho IW, Paik SH. Impact Of Vendor-Specific Motion-Correction Algorithm On Image Quality And Interpretability Of Daily Routine Coronary CTA Performed On The Patients With Heart Rate Control S18 Grunau G, Min JK, Taylor C, Heilbron B, Arsanjani R, Mancini GBJ, Berman DS, Budoff MJ, Leipsic JA. Diagnostic Accuracy Of FFRCT: The Impact Of Appropriate Patient Preparation And Scan Protocol Optimization S18 Poster Session VII: Comparative/Multimodality Imaging/Resource Utilization I Abstracts 52-59 Liew C, Cheng V, Tumur O, Soon K, Wong C. Evaluating the Diagnostic Utility of Coronary CT Angiography in Elderly Population S18 Camargo GC, Rothstein T, Sabioni L, Lima M, Derenne ME, Calafate IRL, Xavier CA, Marcomini LG, Lima R,, Gottlieb I. Real World Medication Use and Cholesterol Trends in Patients Following Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography S18 Camargo GC, Rothstein T, Lima R, Calafate IRL, Xavier CA, Marcomini LG, De Lorenzo A, Oliveira GSS, Lima JAC, Gottlieb I. Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography As Gatekeeper For Invasive Coronary Angiography In Patients With Positive Stress Test Results S19 Sobh D, Brydie A, Clarke J, Althobaiti M, Horne G, Tonkopi E, Abdolell M, Suteanu M. Role of DSCT Angiography In The Diagnosis Of Hereditary Aneurysm Disorders S19 Ji X, Wang X. Accuracy, Image Quality And Radiation Dose Comparison Of High-Pitch Spiral And Sequential Acquisition On 128-Slice Dual-Source CT Angiography In Children After Bilateral Bidirectional Glenn Shunt S20 Cheng Z, Wang X. Diagnostic Performance of Low-dose Prospective ECG-triggering Dual-source CT Angiography Compared with Conventional X-Ray Angiography in Kawasaki Disease S20 Bansal A, D’souza MM, Wardhan H, Sharma R, Chugh P, Tripathi RP. Superiority of CT Coronary Angiography Over Catheter Angiography In Detection Of Variants/Anomalies/Disease Of The Coronary Arteries - A Problem Solver S20 Goitein O, Lotan E, Paul F, Hamdan A, Ehset Y, Konen E, Di-Segni E, Matetzky S. What Between Health In Coronary CT Angiography And Catheterization In Patients Undergoing Coronary Stenting S21 Poster Session VIII: CTA in Non-Acute Chest Pain I Abstracts 60-67 Neill J, Wesley A,, Branch K, Hamilton-Craig C. Validation of the NICE CG95 Guideline Pre-Test Probability Algorithm For Appropriate Use Of Coronary CTA in Chest Pain S21 Murphy D, McLaughlin P, Fung A, Mayo J. Over-Reporting of Myocardial Bridging on CCTA: A Bridge Too Far? S22 Rezazadeh S, Taylor C, Ahmadi A, Grunau G, Faraji R, Heilbron B, Leipsic JA, Ramanathan K. Is Plaque Morphology the Answer to the Higher Incidence of Myocardial Infarction Seen in South Asians with Type II Diabetes Compared to Those Without Diabetes? S22 Jiang YF, Ye JD. 82 Cases Of Anomalous Origin Of Coronary Artery By Computed Tomography Angiography: Imaging S22


Assessment And Classification Schuetz GM, Schlattmann P, Achenbach S, Budoff MJ, Garcia MJ, Roehle R, Pontone G, Meijboom WB, Andreini D, Alkadhi H, Honoris L, Bettencourt N, Hausleiter J, Leschka S, Gerber BL, Meijs MFL, Shabestari AA, Sato A, Zimmermann E, Schoepf UJ, Diederichsen A, Halon DA,, Mendoza-Rodriguez V, Hamdan A, Nørgaard BL, Brodoefel H, Øvrehus KA, Jenkins SMM, Halvorsen BA, Rixe J, Sheikh M, Langer C, Martuscelli E, Romagnoli A, Scholte AJHA, Marcus RP, Ulimoen GR, Nieman K, Mickley H, Nikolaou K, Tardif JC, Johnson TRC, Muraglia S, Chow BJW, Maintz D, Laule M, Dewey M. Objectives and Baseline Characteristics of CoMe-CCT (Collaborative Meta-Analysis of Cardiac CT) – an Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis for the Clinical Assessment of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography S23 Christopher J, Bathina R. Evaluation of Patients Post Coronary Bypass with Cardiac CT Angiography S23 Kimura F, Takahashi M, Tatsuya U, Tanno J, Nakano S, Komiyama N. CT Evaluation Of Peri-Stent Contrast Staining After Coronary Stent Implantation S24 Kim JA, Chun EJ, Choi SI, Jeon C, Hong SJ. Nonatherosclerotic Coronary Vasculitis: Assessment with Cardiac MDCT S24 Poster Session IX: Prognostic Evaluation/Risk Stratification I Abstracts 68-77 Shivalkar B, Verbraecken J, Wouters K, Heuten H, Salgado R, Parizel P, Vrints C. Coronary Plaque Burden And Obstructive Sleep Apnea: More Insights Into Underlying Pathophysiologic Mechanisms S24 Gao Y, Lu B, Hou Z. Evaluation Of Coronary Atherosclerosis Progression By Computed Tomography Angiography In Individuals With Low, Intermediate, And High Pretest Probability Of Coronary Artery Disease S24 Hecker FK, Schneider C, Nef H, Doerr O, Schuhbäck A, Achenbach S, Roller F, Krombach G, Hamm C, Rixe J. Hemodynamic Relevance of Calcified Coronary Lesions – Non-Invasive Assessment Using Dual-Source MDCT and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging S25 Nishio M, Ueda Y. Prevalence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease among Asymptomatic Diabetic Patients Evaluated by Coronary Computed Tomography S25 Komatsu I, Nimuma H, Niwa K. CTCA May Be A Potent Diagnostic Procedure To Detect The Silent Myocardial Ischemia In Patients With Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus. S25 Ito H, Motoyama S, Sarai M, Kawai H, Harigaya H, Naruse H, Ishii J, Ozaki Y. Plaque Progression Detected By Serial Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography As The Predictor Of Cardiac Adverse Events S26 Yokoyama N, Konno K, Saito T, Iino R, Teramoto T, Isshiki T. Impact of HDL-Cholesterol in Patients Achieved LDL Cholesterol Management Goal for Primary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison Between The Lipid Profiles And Coronary CT Angiography S26 Lopez C, Kimura E, Melendez G, Castillo F. Added Prognostic Value Of Coronary CT Angiography Over Low And Intermediate Treadmill Duke Score In Patients With Chronic Chest Pain S26 Alexanderson E, Berrios-Barcenas E, Castillo-Castellon F, Meave A, Kimura-Hayama E. Prognostic Value Of Coronary Tomography In The Preoperative Assessment Of Cardiac Valve Surgery S26 Marques H, Gonçalves P, Ferreira A, Carvalho MS, Dores H, Santos M, Cardim N. Prognostic Value of Coronary CT Angiography for the Prediction of Major Cardiovascular Events S27 Poster Session X: Perfusion/Physiologic Imaging I Abstracts 78-83 Carrascosa P, Capuñay C, Deviggiano A, Campisi R, López de Munain MN, Vallejos J, Tajer C, Carrascosa J. Dual Energy Versus Single Energy CT In The Evaluation Of Myocardial Perfusion In Correlation With SPECT Studies S27 Ko B, Cameron J, Wong D, Leong, D2 Leung M, Meredith I, Nerlekar N, Antonis P, Crossett M, Troupis J, Harper R, Malaiapan Y, Seneviratne S. S28


320 Detector Row CT Coronary Angiography Acts As A Gatekeeper To Defer Referrals For Invasive Angiography And Revascularisation In Stable Coronary Artery Disease – A Fractional Flow Reserve Correlated Study Philipp P, Pichler-Cetin E, Dock W, Mendel H, Stenner P, Sipoetz J. Influence of Temporal Resolution on Image Quality in Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging S28 So A, Hsieh J, Imai Y, Narayanan S, Thibault JB, Dutta S, Branch K, Lee TY. Effectiveness Of Beam Hardening Correction In Quantitative Myocardial CT Perfusion With Rapid kV Switching Dual Energy CT: A Validation Study With Microspheres S28 Wichmann JL, Bauer RW, Doss M, Stock W, Lehnert T, Bodelle B, Frellesen C, Vogl TJ, Kerl JM. Diagnostic Accuracy of Delayed Phase Dual-Energy CT compared to 3T MRI Late Gadolinium Enhancement for the Detection of Chronic Myocardial Infarction S29 Wichmann JL, Arbaciauskaite R, Bauer RW, Doss M, Vogl TJ, Kerl JM. Mono-energetic display of Delayed-Phase Cardiac Dual-Energy CT Improves Depiction of Chronic Myocardial Infarction S29 Poster Session XI: Valves/TAVI Abstracts 84-91 Pflederer T, Schmidkonz C, Marwan M, Klinghammer L, Muschiol G, Schuhbäck A, Layritz C, Uder M, Achenbach S. Interobserver Variability of CT Angiography for Evaluation of Aortic Annulus Dimensions Prior to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) S29 Shabestari AA, Pourghorban R, Tehrai M, Pouraliakbar H, Faghihi Langroodi T, Bakhshandeh H, Abdi S. Evaluation of Aortic Root Dynamic Behavior During Cardiac Cycle in Patients with and without Aortic Valve Effect of the Presence, Degree and Location of Aortic Valve Calcification on its Dynamic Behavior During Cardiac Cycle: Results of a Multicenter Study S30 Kim WJ, Han SB, Ahn JM, Lee JY, Park DW, Kang SJ, Lee SW, Kim YH, Lee CW, Park SW, Park SJ. Comparison of Aortic Annulus Size Measurements Between Computed Tomographic Parameters And Echocardiographic Parameters S30 Kang JW, Oh SY, Ju MH, Yang DH, Lim TH, Choo SJ. Geometric Anatomy of the Aortic Root; Implications For Surgical Treatment Of Aortic Root Pathology S30 Tan SY, Kaur N, Paul C. Variations in the Cardiac Cycle Inflences Aortic Annular Dimensions: A Cardiac CT Study S31 Kino A, Liang D, Yeung A, Miller DC, Fischbein M, Fearon W, Fleischmann D. Use Of Pre Procedural Optimal Angiography Deployment Projection Calculated By CT To Reduce Post TAVR Paravalvular Leak S31 Qian Z, Vannan M, Rinehart S, Lee J, Odeh W, Varghese V, Pitts R, Arias A, Vasquez C, Martin R. Aortic Valve Calcification Map: A Novel Quantification Tool To Study The Extent And Distribution Of Aortic Valve Calcification S31 Azzalini L, Ghoshhajra B, Abbara S. A “How-to” Guide on Intra-Procedural C-Arm CT Image Acquisition and Reconstruction to Assist TAVI/R S32 Poster Session XII: EP/Arrhythmia Abstracts 92-99 Maurovich-Horvat P, Karolyi M, Bartykowszki A, Kolossvary M, O’Connor R, Szeplaki G, Raaijmakers R, Geller L, Merkely B. Step and Shoot Coronary CT Angiography in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Simultaneous Assessment of the Left Atrium and the Coronary Arteries S32 Yong H, Lim HE. Changes of Left Atrial Volume and Transport Function in Patients with Sinus Rhythm After Successful Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: 1-Year Follow-up Computed Tomography Study S32 Dawoud F, Beinart R, Schuleri KH, George RT, Rahsepar AA, Horacek M, Zviman MM, Halperin H, Lardo AC. Cardiac CT and Non-Invasive Electrocardiographic Imaging of Chronic Myocardial Infarction Arrhythmia Substrates S33 Rezaeian P, Luo YT, Soliman E, Lloyd-Jones D, Ilkhanoff L, Razipour A, Konety S, Budoff MJ.1 Left Ventricular Size and Incident Left Intraventriuclar Conduction Delay in the Multi Ethnic Study of S33


Atherosclerosis. (MESA) Silva-Palacios F, Sharifian A, Pant R, Campbell MB, Danciu S. Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation After Radiofrequency Ablation is Associated With Peri-Pulmonary Vein Fat Measured by Non Gated Computed Tomography S33 Truong Q, Zhou Q, Bennett R, Grunau Z, Thai W, Wai B, Beaudoin J, Singh J, Barrett C, Danik S. Optimization of A Novel Method Using Cardiac CT Kinematics to Reflect the Activation Pattern Visualized with Electroanatomical Map: CArdiac CT Phase TIme Velocity AcTivation-Encoded Map (ACTIVATE) S34 Romelus A, Damluji A. Computed Tomography Angiography: A Method To Detect Coronary Artery Anomalies S34 Passen E, Patel SA, Bakir M, Nicholson L, Nicholson DJ. Evaluation of Geometric Assumptions of Left Atrial Appendage by Cardiac Computed Tomography with Implications for Placement of Occluder Device S35 Poster Session XIII: Miscellaneous I Abstracts 100-110 Liew C, Cheng V, Tumur O, Wong C, Mahmood U, Soon K. Efficacy and Safety of Oral Ivabradine Versus Beta-blocker in Achieving Heart Rate Reduction Pre-Computed Tomography Coronary Angiogram (CTCA) S35 Camargo GC, Rothstein T, Derenne ME, Lima M, Sabioni L, Calafate IRL, Xavier CA, Marcomini LG, Lima R, Gottlieb I. Oral Ivabradine Associated With Beta-Blockers For Heart Rate Control Of Patients Undergoing Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography S35 Poulter R, Mayo J, Fung A, Saw J, Wong G, Mancini GBJ, Leipsic JA, Nicolaou S, Wood DA. The Effect Of Music Therapy On Heart Rate And Patient Anxiety During Cardiac Computed Tomography S36 Karolyi M, Bartykowszki A, Balazs G, Merkely B, Maurovich-Horvat P. Esmolol versus Metoprolol in Achieving the Optimal Heart Rate in Patients Referred to Coronary CT Angiography: a Randomized, Single Center, Non-inferiority Clinical Trial S36 Cheezum M, Kassop D, Pickett C, Nguyen B, Gambill N, Villines TC. Effectiveness of a Standard Oral Beta-Blockade Strategy on Heart Rate Control in Patients Undergoing Coronary CT Angiography S36 Nishiyama Y, Miyagawa M, Nakamura M, Yokoyama R, Matsuda T, Kawaguchi N, Kido To, Kido Te, Mochizuki T. Cardiac Hybrid Imaging Using 256-slice Multi-detector Computed Tomography and Ultrafast Gamma Camera with Semiconductor Detectors S37 Yokoyama R, Miyagawa M, Nakamura M, Matsuda T, Kawaguchi N, Nishiyama Y, Kido To, Kido Te, Kurata A, Mochizuki T. Detection Of Cardiac Involvement In Sarcoidosis: Assessment By Image Fusion With Delayed-Enhanced MRI and 18F FDG PET/CT S37 Razipour A, Rezaeian P, Li D, Budoff MJ, Karpouzas G. Bone Mineral Density By Multi-Slice CTA Inversely Correlates With Clinical Inflammation In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis S37 Gnaneswaran G, Aggarwal G, Zahid S, Chik W, Friedman D, Thiagalingam A. Computed Tomography Guided In Vivo Cardiac Orientation And ECG Correlation In Individuals Without Structural Heart Disease S38 Ahmadi A, Taylor C, Heilbron B, Ramanathan K, Leipsic JA. Enhancing Understanding of Coronary Artery Disease in South Asians through Coronary Cardiac Computed Tomography S38 Jones H, Mathias H, Sonnex E, Barrie J, Coulden R. Comparison of Dual Source 128 Slice CT in High-pitch and Standard Pitch Modes for CT Pulmonary Angiography S38 Oral Abstract Session I: Miscellaneous Abstracts 111-116 Plank F, Silvana M, Bartel T, Friedrich G, Bonaros N, Schachner T, Feuchtner G. Regional And Global Left Ventricular Function Analysis By Computed Tomography After Transcatheter S39


Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Correlation With Post-Procedural Complications? Duan Y, Wang X. Application of Low Tube Voltage at 70 kV in Pediatric Cardiac CT Angiography S39 Annoni A, Formenti A, Pontone G, Andreini D. Ultra Low Dose MDCT Angiography Of Thoracic Aorta Using A Combined ED-Saving Strategy And Two Contrast Media With Different Iodine Concentrations S40 Stirrup J, Nicol E, Reyes E, Castellano E, Rubens M, Padley S, Underwood SR. Early And Delayed-Pass 64-Slice Cardiac Computed Tomography In Patients With Chronic Myocardial Infarction: Comparison Of Visual And Quantitative Segmental Myocardial Enhancement Patterns With SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy S40 Bai C, Saremi A, Hakim A, Garon B, Lee C, Hassani C, Ihde L, Saremi F. Incremental Value of Color Coding in 3D Volume Rendered CT Images for Interpretation of Complex Cardiothoracic Vascular Malformations S40 Pickett C, Cheezum M, Villines TC, Hulten E. Accuracy of Cardiac Computed Tomography, Three Dimensional Echocardiography, Two Dimensional Echocardiography, Radionucleotide Ventriculography, , Invasive Cine Ventriculography and Gated SPECT for Estimating Left Ventricular and Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction as Compared to Cardiac MRI, A Meta Analysis S41 Oral Abstract Session II: Perfusion Abstracts 117-122 Poulter R, Wood DA, Starovoytov A, Smith S, Chitsaz M, Mayo J. Correlation Between Myocardial Blood Flow Derived From Dynamic Time Resolved Cardiac CT And Myocardial Iodine Concentration Derived From Dual Energy Cardiac CT S41 Cury RiC, Kitt TM, Feaheny K, Akin J, George RT. A Randomized, Multi-Center, Multi-Vendor Study Comparing Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Regadenoson Stress Computed Tomography Perfusion and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography S42 George RT, Arai AE, Kitagawa K, Zadeh AA, Miller JM, Vavere AL, Kofoed KF, Rochitte CE, Dewey M, Tan SY, Niinuma H, Cox C, Clouse ME, Lima JAC, Di Carli M. Myocardial CT Perfusion and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Results from the CORE320 International, Multicenter Diagnostic Study S42 George RT, Rochitte CE, Chen MY, Zadeh AA, Dewey M, Miller JM, Niinuma H, Yoshioka K, Kitagawa K, Nakamori S, Laham R, Vavere AL, Cerci RJ, Mehra VC, Nomura C, Kofoed KF, Jinzaki M, Kuribayashi S, De Roos A, Laule M, Tan SY, Hoe J, Paul N, Rybicki FJ, Brinker JA, Arai AE, Cox C, Clouse ME, Di Carli M, Lima JAC. Myocardial CT Perfusion Imaging Provides Incremental Improvement in the Identification of Lesion-specific Ischemia when Added to CT Coronary Angiography: A Per-vessel Analysis of the CORE320 Multicenter Study S42 Mor-Avi V, Bhave NM, Kachenoura N, Port S, Lodato JA, Chandra S, Freed BH, Lang RM, Patel A. Quantitative Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Myocardial Perfusion Using Regadenoson Stress Computed Tomography: The Search for the “Right” Index S43 George RT, Kitt TM, Feaheny K, Akin J, Min JK, Leipsic JA, Maurer AH, Soman P, Jain D, Cury RiC. Inter-reader Variability in Reading Myocardial CT Perfusion and SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Results from a Phase II Multicenter Diagnostic Study Comparing Regadenoson CT Perfusion and Regadenoson SPECT S44 Oral Abstract Session III: Prognostic Evaluation/TAVR Abstracts 123-130 Leipsic JA, Binder R, Nguyen G, Raju R, Barbanti M, Wood DA, Hague C, Min JK, Webb J. Intentionally Underexpanding Balloon-expandable Transcatheter Heart Valves in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Strategy for Borderline Aortic Annular Dimensions S44 Pflederer T, Schmidkonz C, Marwan M, Klinghammer L, Muschiol G, Mitschke M, Schuhbäck A, Layritz C, Uder M, Achenbach S. Software-Based Evaluation of Aortic Annulus Dimensions in Dual-Source CT Angiography Prior to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): Comparison to Manual Analysis S44


Slim A, Shry E, Mahlon M, Javaheri S. Impact Of CT Coronary Angiography On Cardiac Catherization And Cost Effectiveness Analysis S45 Lardo AC, Magalhães T, Mittal R, Rybicki FJ, Eslami P, Rahsepar AA, Arai AE, Chen MY, Rochitte CE, Dewey M, Seo JH, Mitsouras D, Kishi S, Zadeh AA, Kitagawa K, Brinker JA, Clouse ME, Miller JM, Niinuma H, Di Carli M, Lima JAC, George RT. A New Method for Quantification of Absolute Coronary Flow from Temporal and Spatial Contrast Dispersion Patterns: Transluminal Attenuation Flow Encoding (TAFE) S45 Budoff MJ, Nasir K, Garcia MJ, Mehran R, Falk E, Fuster V. BioImage Study: Correlation Between Novel Biomarker Panel (CardioSCORE) and Coronary Artery Calcification S46 Hulten E, O’Leary D, Bittencourt MS, Shah R, Ghoshhajra B, Patil M, Montana P, Steigner M, Truong Q, Nasir K, Rybicki FJ, Hainer J, Brady TJ, Di Carli M, Hoffmann U, Abbara S, Blankstein R. Cardiometabolic Risk is Associated With Atherosclerotic Burden and Prognosis: Results from the Partners Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Registry S46 Chinnaiyan K, Gallagher M, Bilolikar A, Raff GL. Coronary CT Angiography in the Emergency Department: Prognostic Value and Downstream Resource Utilization S46 Beaudoin J, Thai W, Wai B, Handschumacher MD, Levine RA, Truong Q. Assessment of Mitral Valve Adaptation with Gated Cardiac Computed Tomography: Mechanistic Insight to Functional Mitral Regurgitation S46 Oral Abstract Session IV: Clinical Utilization Abstracts 131-137 Kang JW, Choi SI, Ko SM, Lim TH. Evaluation Of Accuracy For Detection And Extent Of Occult Myocardial Scars Using Delayed-Enhancement CT In Patients With Asymptomatic Diabetes: Results From The ACCREDIT Study S47 Pursnani A, Schlett CL, Celeng C, Bamberg F, Nagurney JT, Truong Q, Hoffmann U. Potential for Coronary CT Angiography to Tailor Medical Therapy Beyond Preventive Guideline-Based Recommendations S47 Bies R, Kedia G, Galle B, Jones E, Fine J. 24/7 Cardiac CTA in the ED for Chest Pain Results in Increased CTA Utilization and Increased Discharge Rates in Two Community Hospitals S48 Nakazato R, Budoff MJ, Park HB, Leipsic JA, Gransar H, Berman DS, Min JK. Combined Measures of Atherosclerotic Plaque Plus Luminal Narrowing for Lesion Ischemia: A Direct Comparison to Quantitative Coronary Angiography S48 Budoff MJ, Cole J, Bloom S, Chow BJW, Chandler A. Prospective Multi-center Registry of Cardiac CT Angiography (CCTA) for Detection of Downstream Cardiac Events S48 Darabian S, Luo YT, Homat A, Shorish T, Rosen B, Budoff MJ. Early Detection and Characteristics of the Single Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaque S49 Bundalevski I, Bakhtari N, Perkins L, Mulla A, Rock D, Poon M, Hellinger J. Prevalence of Noncardiovascular (NCV) Findings on Emergency Room (ER) Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography (CTA): Impact of Width Reconstruction and Z-Axis Coverage S49 Poster Session XIV: Coronary CTA and Radiation Exposure II Abstracts 138-144 Pavitt C, Harron K, Lindsay A, Zielke S, Ray R, Padley S, Rubens M, Nicol E. A Novel, Validated CT Coronary Calcium Scoring system Using CONtrast Enhanced CT Coronary Angiographic Studies (CONE CT Study) S49 Lee J, Vasquez G, Varghese V, Pitts R, Qian Z, Odeh W, Rinehart S. Radiation Dose Reduction For Helical Acquisition Of The Thoracic Aorta With Vendor Specific Automated Iterative Reconstruction On 320 Multi-Detector Computed Tomography S50 Steel K, Jones R, Clark R, Stone K, Hulten E, Villines TC, Slim A. Advances In Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Technology And Protocols Significantly Reduce Medical Radiation Exposure S50 Rodrigo ME, Dromi SA, Wood BJ, Villines TC, Bluemke DA, Weissman G. Reduction in Radiation Exposure During Cardiac Computed Tomography S51


Oda S, Vembar M, Weissman G, Weigold WG. State-of-the-Art Iterative Model Reconstruction: Improved Image Quality of Low-Tube-Voltage Prospective ECG-gated Cardiac Images at 256-Slice CT S51 Shanbhag S, Leung S, Arai AE, Chen MY. Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction in 3-Dimensions (AIDR3D) Allows Diagnostic Image Quality with 80% Less Radiation in Dose Modulated Coronary CTA Exams S52 Kassam Z, Arifi B, Nura G, Bytyci F, Jahre C, Hellinger J. Ultra-Low Dose Coronary Calcium CT with Iterative Reconstruction: Enhanced Image Quality with Accurate Risk Stratification S52 Poster Session XV: Non-Contrast CTA: Coronary Calcium/Prognosis II Abstracts 145-152 Baskaran L, Ong TH, Allen JC, Tan SY. Prevalence of Coronary Artery Calcium Amongst an Asian Population of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Patients S52 Yun C, Hung C. The Relationship Between Pericardial and Periaortic Adiposity and Glycemic Status in an East Asian Population S53 Chung B, Spencer K, Te H, Aronsohn A, Renz J, Patel A. Coronary Calcification Seen on Routine Chest Computed Tomography Identifies False Negative Stress Echocardiograms in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplant Evaluation S53 Larijani VN, Ahmadi N, Baskett M, Flores F, Budoff MJ. Effect of Aged Garlic Extract Plus Coenzyme Q10 Consumption On Atherosclerosis Markers In Intermediate Risk Individuals S53 Lee A, Celeng C, Sharma UC, Pursnani A, Engel LC, Sidhu M, Hoffmann U, Ghoshhajra B. Comparison of Coronary Artery Calcium Scan Image Quality and Radiation Dose Among Three ECG-Synchronization Methods with 128-slice Dual Source CT S54 Mao SS, Gao YL, Li D, Luo YT, Fevnandez C, Chen M, Rubin B, Chen W, Flores F, Nasir K, Budoff MJ. Coronary Calcium Burden Can Be Scored Accurately And Precisely Using No-Gated Spiral Chest CT Scan S54 Dhungel A, Qian Z, Weeks M, Lee J, Varghese V, Pitts R, Odeh W, Vazquez G, Rinehart S. A Novel Calcium Quantification Method With Adaptive Cutoff in Contrast-Enhanced Coronary CT Angiography S54 Otaki Y, Slomka P, Nakazato R, Schuhbäck A, Achenbach S, Huber B, Hayes S, Thomson L, Friedman J, Berman DS, Dey D. Prediction Of Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve by Epicardial Fat Volume Measured From Non-Contrast Calcium Scoring CT S55 Poster Session XVI: Plaque Imaging II Abstracts 153-161 Khazai B, Luo YT, Rosenberg S, Wingrove J, Budoff MJ. Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Detected by Computed Tomographic Angiography in Subjects with S55 Carr JJ, Register T, Zheng M, Yang Y, Gordy B, Yeboah J, Ge Y. Validation of Coronary Artery Measurements with In Vivo Cardiac CT to Ex Vivo Measurements in an Animal Model S55 Cheezum M, Wisniewski P, Kassop D, Pickett C, Nguyen B, Gambill N, Villines TC. Smoking History Predicts Plaque Composition and Extent on Coronary CT Angiography S56 Luo YT, Mao SS, Li D, Gao YL, Lee BY, Hacopian A, Budoff MJ. Coronary Stenosis Severity and Plaque Composition as Assessed with Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography S56 Cheezum M, Pickett C, Kassop D, Gambill N, Nguyen B, Villines TC. Relationship of Lipoprotein Levels with Plaque Composition by Coronary CT Angiography S57 Puchner S, Ferencik M, Karolyi M, Do S, Maurovich-Horvat P, Hoffmann U, Schlett CL. The Effect of Iterative Image Reconstruction Algorithms on the Feasibility of Automated Plaque Assessment in Coronary CT Angiography S57 Youssef G, Contreras L, Madyoon H, Luo YT, Nozari Y, Budoff MJ, Friede G, Norman Lepor. Predictors of Coronary Artery Calcium and Stenosis Progression in a 3.5-year Follow-up Study S57


Dey D, Alexanderson E, Schuhbäck A, Otaki Y, Ding X, Orozco L, Meave A, Berman DS, Achenbach S, Slomka P. Quantitative Adverse Plaque Features from Coronary CT Angiography Predict Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve by 13N-Ammonia-PET S58 Jon A, Cheema A, Khan A, Khosa F, Kang J, Clouse ME. Association of Pericardial Fat With Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden, Composition and Distribution in Coronary Arteries: A Study in Diabetics vs. Non-diabetics S58 Poster Session XVII: Coronary CTA Acquisition Protocols and Quality Control II Abstracts 162-170 Li Q. Effect Of A Novel Motion-Correction Algorithm In The Improvement Of Image Quality Of Coronary CTA with Higher Heart Rates S59 Layritz C, Schmid J, Bietau C, Bittner D, Marwan M, Gauss S, Schuhbäck A, Uder M, Achenbach S, Pflederer T. Improved Image Quality After Use Of Iterative Reconstruction In Coronary Dual-Source CT Angiographies Of Obese Patients: Comparison To Traditional Filtered Back Projection S59 Fujimoto S, Kondo T, Kumamaru K, Takamura K, Sano T, Daida H, Rybicki FJ. Radiation Dose Reduction of 50% for Patients Imaged with a Heart Rate of 50 Beats per Minute or Less Using Prospectively ECG-gated 320-detector Row Coronary CT Angiography and 360-degree Projection Reconstruction S59 van Pelt NC, Pope AJ, Barnard SA, Tang SY, Weeks PA, Wu F, Gabriel RS, Mustafa AHS. Initial Experience Of A CT-Coronary Angiography Program At A New Zealand Public Hospital S59 Seo JS, Kim YS. Feasibility of Prospectively-gated, 256-Sliced Chest CT Angiography Using Combined 100kVp and Hybrid Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm S60 Bogaard K, Reinders S, van der Zant F, Knol R, Knaapen P, Cornel J. Feasibility Of Performing A High Pitch Spiral Coronary CTA On A Routine Basis; Image Quality And Radiation Exposure S60 Arsanjani R, Nakazato R, Shalev A, Leipsic JA, Gomez M, Berman DS, Min JK. Improved Image Quality and Interpretability for Coronary CT Angiograms Reconstructed by an Intracycle Motion Correction Algorithm: A Direct Comparison to Traditional CT Reconstruction S60 Pursnani A, Lee A, Panagia M, Abbara S, Hoffmann U, Ghoshhajra B. A Tailored Imaging Protocol for Low-Dose Cardiac Function Assessment S60 Smith J, Aggarwal A, Boura J, Kazerooni E, Chinnaiyan K, Raff GL. Safety Profile of Coronary CT Angiography in the Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Consortium S61 Poster Session XVIII: Contrast/Injection Protocols Abstracts 171-176 Matsuda Taku, Kido Te, Itoh T, Shigemi S, Saeki H, Watanabe K, Matsuda Take, Yamamoto M, Yokoyama R, Nakamura M, Nishiyama Y, Kawaguchi N, Kido To, Kurata A, Miyagawa M, Mochizuki T. The Possibility Of The Late Iodine Enhancement Evaluation Using Denoise Filter S61 Komatsu S, Ohe R, Imai A, Kodama K. Targeting Intracoronary CT Number for Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography with Different Tube Potential Using Low Contrast Volume S62 Kawaguchi N, Fukuyama N, Kido Te, Tanabe Y, Kido To, Miyagawa M, Mochizuki T. New Contrast Injection Protocol for Coronary CT Angiography using Diluted Contrast Material to Uniform Intra-Coronary Enhancement S62 Niinuma H, Komatsu I, Niwa K. 250 ml Of Saline Pre-Infusion May Prevent Contrast Induced Nephropathy After Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography S62 Lazoura O, Lindsay A, Shriharan M, Pavitt C, Rubens M, Padley S, Nicol E. Dual Phase Contrast Enhanced CT Avoids The Need for TEE prior to Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation S63 Budoff MJ, Honoris L, Zhong Y, Chu E, Rosenthal D, Lam F, Li D. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Four Commonly Used Contrast Agents For Cardiac CT; Effect On Heart Rate Variability And Image Quality S63


Poster Session XIX: Novel Hardware/Technology II Abstracts 177-182 Darabian S, Nasir K, Mao SS, Luo YT, Mohd-Yusof J, Mehra A, Budoff MJ. Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification Utilizing 100 KV vs. 120 KV Computerized Tomography Scanning S63 Ramwani M, Dutta S, Thomsen B, Souop AT, Bhaskaran V. Evaluation of A Novel Algorithm To Obtain Calcium Scores from Contrast Enhanced CCTA S63 Mao SS, Li D, Luo YT, Lam F, Gao YL, Flores F, Shorish T, Katbamna S, Hans F, Nasir K, Budoff MJ. Coronary Artery Calcium Scans Can Accurate Assess Thoracic Bone Mineral Density Without A Bone Density Phantom S64 Ali N, Ferencik M, Hoffmann U, Schlett CL. An Automated Computational Algorithm for Detection of the Napkin-Ring Sign: A Coronary High-Risk Plaque Marker In CT Angiography S64 Okerlund D, Seamans J, LaBounty TM, Deubig A, Graybill M, Launay L, Ruiz G, Nett B, Nagy H, Caldwell A. Assessment of Intelligent Vessel Registration for Coronary CTA S65 von Herrmann P, Kramer S, Brooks M, Leung S, Zagurovskaya M, Sorrell V, Winkler M. CT of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: A Pictorial Review S65 Poster Session XX: Comparative/Multimodality Imaging/Resource Utilization II Abstracts 183-190 Cai A, Cooper B, Dobson P, Marshall K, Rogers T, Basu S, Alfakih K. Six Month Outcome For CT Coronary Angiography In Comparison To Functional Tests In Patients With Stable Chest Pain In A District General Hospital S66 Darrah J, Ailiani R, Borgert A. Impact of Introducing Computed Tomographic Angiography on the Number of Other Diagnostic Tests Used for Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease S66 Gaffney C, Balabanoff C, Ghersin E, Okamoto Y, Carrillo R, Fishman J. Radiographic and Cardiac Gated CT Assessment of Lead Perforation: Modality Comparison and Interobserver Agreement S66 Chrysant G, McClain R, Fillmore S, Frazier S. Cardiac CT Can Improve Resource Utilization And Limit Health Care Expenditures In The Rural Setting S67 Yang T, Assaad M, Ananthasubramaniam K. Impact of Implementing Strategies to Improve Appropriate Use of Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography in Clinical Practice S67 de Rosen VL, Sadruddin S, Marciel AM, Gannon F, Grimmer D, Podet E. Masquerading Cardiac Mass, Misleading Diagnosis By An Extra Cardiac Finding S68 Frolkis C, Gilkeson R. Novel Technologies In The Evaluation Of Cardiovascular Disease: Dual Energy Subtraction Radiography and Correlation with Cardiac CT S68 Wang DD, Zweig B, Ananthasubramaniam K. Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) Is Poised to Become the Preferred Noninvasive Imaging Modality for Pre-Procedural Planning For Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) S69 Poster Session XXI: CTA in Non-Acute Chest Pain II Abstracts 191-199 Park JH, Byun SS, Park E, Lee W. Bronchial Artery Communication With Coronary To Main Pulmonary Artery Fistula S69 Park MJ, Jeon KN. Assessment of Relationship between Coronary and Peripheral Arterial Disease Using CT Angiography S69 Kurata A, Nieman K, de Feyter PJ, Krestin GP, Dharampal A, Abe M, Higashino H, Kido Te, Mochizuki T, Sakamoto T. Coronary CTA Based 3D Myocardial Segmentation Using Voronoi’s Method S69 Dobson P, Cai A, Leung P, Marshall K, Rogers T, Hill J, Alfakih K. The UK NICE Guidelines May Overestimate the Incidence of Coronary Artery Disease In Primary Care S70


Populations Uretsky S, Cohen R, Supariwala A, Gurram S, Bonda SL, Thota N, Manchireddy S, Ponnam HC, Rozanski A, Peters MR, Wolff S. Do Symptoms Predict the Presence and Severity of Coronary Plaque in Patients Referred For Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography? S70 Mao SS, Gao YL, Li D, Luo YT, Lam F, Honoris L, Johan MY, Flores F, Budoff MJ. Influence of Temporal Resolution for Left Ventricular Volume and Systolic Function Measurement S71 Slim A, Rose M, Rubal B, Steel K, Hulten E, Furgerson J, Villines TC. Chamber Dimensions and Functional Assessment with Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography as Compared to Echocardiography using American Society of Echocardiography Guidelines S71 Mao SS, Gao YL, Li D, Luo YT, Lam F, Honoris L, Johan MY, Hakami M, Flores F, Nasir K, Budoff MJ. Influence of the Spatial Resolution for Left Ventricular Volume and Systolic Function Measurement S71 Saucedo J, Frankel D, Martinho S, Eckart R, Steel K, Slim A. Exclusion of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus Using Single Phase Coronary Computed Tomography as Compared to Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Vein Isolation S71 Poster Session XXII: Prognostic Evaluation/Risk Stratification II Abstracts 200-208 Ramos R, Silva T, Rio P, Ferreira R. Low Diagnostic Yield Of Invasive Coronary Angiography: Is The Noninvasive Stress Testing Guilty? Data From A Cohort Of 2600 Patients S72 Hong SJ, Jin KN, Lee MS, Chun EJ, Kim JA, Choi SI. The Prognostic Value Of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) In Asymptomatic Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Head To Head Comparison With Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) And Coronary Calcium Scorings (CACS) S72 Al-Mallah M, Qureshi W, Nour K. Utilization of Stress Testing Post Coronary CT Angiography S73 Steiner J, Weigold WG, Taylor AJ, Najjar S, Boyce S, Weissman G. CT Comparison Of Retrosternal Anatomy In LVAD versus CABG Patients In Preparation For Repeat Cardiac Surgery S73 Chrysant G, Holland W, Clark C, Mars N, Stewart L, Ashcraft R. Cardiac Computed Tomography as an Effective Screening Tool for High-Risk Populations: Oklahoma Firefighter Pilot Study S73 Honoris L, Zhong Y, Li D, Budoff MJ. Risk Factors Associated with Isolated Non-Calcified Plaque in Coronary CT Angiography S74 Larijani VN, Li D, Baskett M, Flores F, Budoff MJ. Pericardial and Epicardial Adipose Tissue is Associated with the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease as Evaluated by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography S74 Cheema A, Jon A, Khan A, Khosa F, Gautam S, Clouse ME. Association of Major Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors With Pericardial Adipose Tissue Volume S74 Kalia N, Darabian S, Luo YT, Budoff MJ. Motivational Effects of CAC scores on Statin Adherance and Weight Loss after Serial Cardiac Tomputed Cardiography S75 Poster Session XXIII: Perfusion/Physiologic Imaging II Abstracts 209-215 Tanabe Y, Kido Te, Matsuda T, Nakamura M, Yokoyama R, Nishiyama Y, Kawaguchi N, Kido To, Miyagawa M, Mochizuki T. Dynamic Myocardial Perfusion Assessment Using 256-slice Multi-Detector Computed Tomography with Adenosine Triphosphate Stress: Report of Initial Experience S75 Kitagawa K, Kurita Y, Ito T, Kurobe Y, Nakajima H, Nakamori S, Ishida M, Sakuma H. Regional And Age-Related Variation Of Extracellular Volume Fraction In Subjects Without Coronary Artery Disease Assessed By Cardiac CT S75 Kim SM, Park SJ, Choe YH. Are There Perfusion Defects On Adenosine-Stress Perfusion Imaging Of Both CT And MRI In The Patients With Cardiac Syndrome X? S76


Bindschadler M, Modgil D, Branch K, La Rivière PJ, Alessio A. Comparison of Myocardial Blood Flow Models for Quantitative Perfusion Estimation from Dynamic CT S76 Darabian S, Nasir K, Mohd-Yusof J, Luo YT, Budoff MJ. Cardiac Function Evaluation Utilizing Timing Bolus Data In Cardiac CT Angiography S76 Abramowicz A, Vainrib A, Voros S. Volumetric CT Imaging Identifies Resting Hypoperfusion In Patients With Diabetes Without Significant Macrovascular Disease, Compared To Non-Diabetic Subjects S77 Saeed M, Do L, Bajwa H, Hetts S, Wilson M. 64-slice MDCT For Quantification Of The Effects Of Coronary Microemboli On Left Ventricular Function, Perfusion And Viability In The Presence And Absence Of Acute Myocardial Infarct S77 Poster Session XXIV: Congenital Heart Disease Abstracts 216-221 Jukic M, Pavic L, Medakovic P, Bitunjac I. Coronary CT Scan Finds Prognostically Significant Finding In Otherwise Very Low-Risk Patients Case Report: “3 In 1” S77 Kawaguchi N, Kurata A, Tanabe Y, Yokoyama R, Nakamura M, Matsuda T, Nishiyama Y, Kido To, Kido Te, Miyagawa M, Mochizuki T. Single Axial Cardiac CT with Two-phase Injection of Contrast Medium for Children with Congenital Heart Disease S78 Castillo F, Escobedo C, Maida D, Cano R, Diaz M, Gutierrez R, Carrillo M, Kimura E. Role Of Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) In The Evaluation Of Patients With Atrial Septal Defect: Correlative Study With Echocardiography (Echo) And Cardiac Catheterization (Cath). S78 Han BK, Rosenthal K, Caye D, Grant K, Lesser JR. Neonatal Cardiac CTA: Image Quality, Radiation dose, and Accuracy of Free Breathing, Non-Sedated Techniques S78 Pollick C. Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava May Be Missed By CTA S79 Han BK, Hlavacek A, Kay WA, Rosenthal K, Rutten-Ramos S, Nguyen T, Grant K, Lesser JR, Raman S. Use of Functional Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease S79 Poster Session XXV: LV/RV Function, Chamber Dimensions Abstracts 222-231 Kido To, Nakamura M, Yokoyama R, Matsuda T, Nishiyama Y, Kawaguchi N, Kido Te, Miyagawa M, Mochizuki T. Assessment of Left Ventricular Function by 256-slice Multi-Detector Computed Tomography: Comparison with 3 Tesla Cine Magnetic Resonance. S79 Durst R, Zwas D, Stokar Y, Bekker YM, Shauer A, Shaham D, Gilon D, Lotan C, Leibowitz D. Comparison of LV Mass As Derived By Echocardiography And Cardiac CT As A Function Of Age S80 Sierra-Galan L. Left Auricular Systolic Active Volume Can Differentiate Patients With Early Stages Of Coronary Artery Disease Before Left Ventricular Function Gets Abnormal By CCTA. S80 Kang EJ, Lee J. Left Ventricular Geometric Patterns in Korean Adults on 640-slice Cardiac CT S80 Stirrup J, Nicol E, Reyes E, Castellano E, Rubens M, Padley S, Underwood SR. Segmental Myocardial Thickness On Cardiac CT As A Predictor Of Myocardial Infarction On SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy S81 Stirrup J, Nicol E, Reyes E, Castellano E, Rubens M, Padley S, Underwood SR. Qualitative And Quantitative Assessment Of Global And Regional Left Ventricular Function By 64-Slice Cardiac CT In Patients With Previous Myocardial Infarction: Comparison With SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy S81 Qureshi W, Nasir K, Gupta M, Rivera J, Blumenthal R, Katz R, Budoff MJ. Distribution of Left Ventricular Size by Age, Gender and Ethnicity Measured by Non-contrast Computed Tomography in the Multi – Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis S81 Singh J, Abidov A. Prediction of Elevated Pulmonary Artery Pressures from 64-slice ECG-gated Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography S82


Mao SS, Gao Y, Li D, Luo YT, Lam F, Honoris L, Brian Rubin, Brian Lee, Flores F, Nasir K, Budoff MJ. Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Can Be Assessed Accurately and Precisely Using Automatic Segmetation With CT Work Station System And Angiography S82 Luo YT, Mao SS, Li D, Gao YL, Lam F, Latif M, Budoff MJ. Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Significantly Associated With Thoracic Spine Bone Mineral Density Assessed By Multi-detector Computed Tomography S82 Poster Session XXVI: Miscellaneous II Abstracts 232-241 Wang Z, Wang Y, Xue H, Chen Y, Jin Z. Combined Heart, Neck And Head CT Angiography Using Prospectively ECG-Triggered High Pitch Spiral Scan Protocol S83 Nørgaard B, Leipsic JA, Sengupta S, Fonte T, Khem S, Gaur S, Achenbach S. Quantitative Assessment of Image Quality for Determination of FFR by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography S83 Takamura K, Kondo T, Fujimoto S, Kumamaru K, Rybicki FJ. Motion Artifacts on Coronary CT Angiography Images in Patients with Pericardial Effusion S84 El Shahawy M, Entcheva M. Epicardial Adiposity Is A Gender-Biased Risk Marker For Cerebrovascular And Coronary Artery Disease In Asymptomatic Obese Subjects S84 Borges A, Shayani S, Witteck W. Obstructive Sleep Apnea is Associated with Greater Thoracic Aortic Size Assessed by Chest Computed Tomography (CT) S84 Hur J, Hong YJ, Lee HJ, Kim YJ, Choi BW. Dual Energy Cardiac Computed Tomography in Differentiating Cardiac Tumor from Thrombus S85 Fernandes F, Abreu B, Gomes H, Lamacie M, Cury RoC, Carneiro A, Moreira V, Prazeres C, Bello J, Rochitte CE. Prevalence of Myocardial Bridging in Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in 1380 Consecutive Brazilian Subjects S85 Jung J, Lim JJ, Lee B. The Prevalence and Types of Coronary Artery Fistula Detected on Coronary CT Angiography S85 Kim TH, Ko SM. Quadricuspid Aortic Valve (QAV): Usefulness of Cardiac Computed Tomography, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Compared with Transthoracic Echocardiography S86 Saeed M, Bajwa H, Do L, Hetts S, Wilson M. 64-slice MDCT For Monitoring The Evolution Of Large Infarct And Patchy Microinfarct Caused By Left Coronary Artery Occlusion And Microembolization S86 Toshiba Young Investigator Award Session Abstracts 242-246 Plank F, Jodocy D, Auer T, Klauser A, Dezordo T, Friedrich G, Feuchtner G. Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography In Asymptomatic Patients With Intermediate-To-High Coronary Risk Profile As Second Non-Invasive Test S86 Dowsley T, McArdle B, Alam M, Dwivedi G, Chow BJW. Can the Use of Corrected Coronary Opacification Gradients Improve the Diagnostic Accuracy of Computed Tomography Angiography in Patients with Coronary Stents? S87 Hanneman K, Thavendiranathan D, Nguyen ET, Moshonov H, Paul N, Wintersperger BJ, Crean A. Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CT) In The Diagnosis Of Pericardial Constriction: Predictive Value Of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Diameter And Cross-Sectional Area S87 Nakazato R, Otake H, Konishi A, Iwasaki M, Koo BK, Leipsic JA, Shinke T, Hirata K, Berman DS, Min JK. Atherosclerotic Plaque Characterization by CT Angiography for Identification of High-Risk Coronary Artery Lesions: A Direct Comparison to Optical Coherence Tomography S87 Bittencourt MS, Hulten E, Ghoshhajra, B2 O’Leary D, Patil M, Truong Q, Steigner M, Rybicki FJ, Di Carli M, Hoffmann U, Brady TJ, Abbara S, Blankstein R. Long Term Cardiovascular Events And Extent Of Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Detected By Cardiac Computed Tomography S88


Oral Abstract Session V: Acquisition Protocols/Quality Abstracts 247-253 Yang JJ. Iterative Image Reconstruction Improves Evaluability And Diagnostic Accuracy Of Low-Dose High-Pitch Dual-Source CT Angiography In The Assessment Of In-Stent Patency S88 Annoni A, Pontone G, Formenti A, Mushtaq S, Bertella E, Nobili E, Petullà M, Ballerini G, Andreini D. Feasibility Of An Ultra Low Dose CT For Left Atrium And Pulmonary Veins Imaging Using VEO (Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction) S89 Rahsepar AA, George RT, Seo JH, Eslami P, Mittal R, Lardo AC. Transluminal Attenuation Flow Encoding (TAFE): A New CT Based Method for Non-invasive Measurement of Coronary Blood Flow S89 Honoris L, Zhong Y, Chu E, Rosenthal D, Li D, Lam F, Budoff MJ. Comparison of Contrast Enhancement, Image Quality and Tolerability in Coronary CT Angiography Using 4 Contrast Agents: A Prospective Randomized Trial S89 Eslami P, Seo JH, Lardo AC, Mittal R. The Mechanism for the Generation of Transluminal Attenuation Gradients in Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography: Insights from Computational Fluid Dynamics Studies S90 Lee J, Varghese V, Pitts R, Qian Z, Vasquez G, Odeh W, Rinehart S. Radiation Dose Reduction Strategies With 320 Multi-Detector Computed Tomography Angiography Of Pulmonary Vein Anatomy Prior To Catheter-Based Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation S90 Reich P, Bosemani T, Chen N, Park HJ, Abbona P, Krishnam M. Lowering Effective Dose During Pulmonary CT Angiogram Using a 256 Slice Scanner with an Iterative Reconstruction Technique and 100 kVp Tube Voltage S91 Carrascosa P, Capuñay C, Deviggiano A, Campisi R, Vallejos J, López de Munain MN, Tajer C, Carrascosa J. Usefulness of Dual Energy CT To Reduce Beam Hardening Artifacts In Myocardial Perfusion Evaluation S91 Top Ten International Abstracts Session Abstracts 254-263 Hamilton-Craig C, Hansen M, Fifoot A, Pincus M, Arnett K, Walters DL, Branch K. Prospective, Randomized trial of Coronary CT Angiography and Exercise ECG in Emergency Department Chest Pain (CT-COMPARE) S91 Thompson A, Binder R, Webb J, Willson A, Urena M, Hansson N, Nørgaard B, Pibarot P, Barbanti M, Larose E, Freeman M, Dumont E, Thompson C, Wheeler M, Moss R, Yang TH, Pasian S, Hague C, Nguyen G, Raju R, Wood DA, Rodes-Cabau J, Leipsic JA. Improved Outcomes in Patients Evaluated by a Multidetector Computed Tomography Annulus Area Sizing Algorithm Prior to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Prospective, Multicenter, Controlled Trial S92 Rief M, Zimmermann E, Stenzel F, Martus P, Stangl K, Greupner J, Knebel F, Kranz A, Schlattmann P, Laule M, Dewey M. CT Angiography and Myocardial CT Perfusion in Patients with Coronary Stents: Prospective Intraindividual Comparison with Conventional Coronary Angiography S92 Marwan M, Pflederer T, Gauss S, Schuhbäck A, Layritz C, Mitschke M, Achenbach S. Computed Tomographic Attenuation of Pericoronary Adipose Tissue in Normal Versus Atherosclerotic Coronary Segments as Defined by Intravascular Ultrasound S92 Schuhbäck A, Weingartner C, Arnold M, Schmid J, Pflederer T, Marwan M, Rixe J, Nef H, Schneider C, Lell M, Uder M, Ensminger S, Feyrer R, Weyand M, Achenbach S. Eccentricity of Catheter-based Aortic Valve Prostheses - A Matched Comparison between Balloon-expandable and Self-expanding Prostheses S93 Ferreira A, Marques H, Santos M, Dores H, Carvalho MS, Cardim N, Gonçalves P. Estimating Pretest Probability of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Coronary CT Angiography - Comparative Performance of Three Different Methods S93 Ko SM, Choi JW, Hwang HK, Feuchtner G, Min JK. Diagnostic Performance of Dual Energy Computed Tomography Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: A Direct Comparison to Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging S94 Kim JA, Chun EJ, Choi SI, Hong SJ. Relationship Between Amount Of Cigarette Smoking And Coronary Atherosclerosis On Coronary CTA S94


In Asymptomatic Individuals Binukrishnan S, Cooper R, Shahzad A, Stables R. Computed Tomography Angiography To Describe Septal Vascular Anatomy Prior To Alcohol Septal Ablation (ASA) For Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) S94 Author Index S95

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