{"id":10744,"date":"2026-10-30T23:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=10744"},"modified":"2026-10-30T23:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:00:52","slug":"ccta-to-guide-pci-key-concepts-before-the-cath-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/ccta-to-guide-pci-key-concepts-before-the-cath-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"CCTA to Guide PCI \u2014 Key Concepts Before the Cath Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CCTA to Guide PCI \u2014 Key Concepts Before the Cath Lab<br \/>\nSource: Journal of Invasive Cardiology, October 2026 issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Anatomy: Where is the stenosis, and how severe\/complex is it?<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Plaque: CCTA assesses plaque burden, composition, calcium and high-risk plaque features across the coronary tree.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060FFR-CT: Is the stenosis actually flow-limiting?<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Plaque vulnerability by imaging: CCTA \u2192 non-invasive whole-coronary high-risk plaque assessment; OCT \u2192 thin fibrous cap\/rupture; IVUS \u2192 plaque burden &amp; positive remodeling (outward vessel expansion); Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) \u2192 lipid-rich plaque.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Key concept: CCTA = Anatomy + Plaque\/High-Risk Features + FFR-CT \u2192 better PCI planning before the cath lab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42341235\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42341235\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCTA to Guide PCI \u2014 Key Concepts Before the Cath Lab Source: Journal of Invasive Cardiology, October 2026 issue. \u2022\u2060 \u2060Anatomy: Where is the stenosis, and how severe\/complex is it? \u2022\u2060 \u2060Plaque: CCTA assesses plaque burden, composition, calcium and high-risk plaque features across the coronary tree. \u2022\u2060 \u2060FFR-CT: Is the stenosis actually flow-limiting? \u2022\u2060 \u2060Plaque [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10745,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10744\/revisions\/10745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}