{"id":6931,"date":"2025-05-22T12:16:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=6931"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:16:47","slug":"ct-guided-pci-a-defining-moment-for-interventional-cardiology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/ct-guided-pci-a-defining-moment-for-interventional-cardiology\/","title":{"rendered":"CT-Guided PCI: A Defining Moment for Interventional Cardiology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>CT-Guided PCI: A Defining Moment for Interventional Cardiology<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Source: JSCAI-May01 2025.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1. What\u2019s new?<\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) released a new expert consensus document to promote the use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) for planning PCI procedures.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2. Why use CT-guided PCI?<\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Improves understanding of coronary anatomy<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Reduces procedure time and radiation exposure<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Helps anticipate plaque morphology, vessel size, and wire path<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Already used in structural heart planning\u2014now extending to coronary disease<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>3. Who benefits?<\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Interventional cardiologists can better plan complex PCIs<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Patients benefit from more accurate, lower-risk procedures<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>4. Momentum Behind CCTA:<\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 CCTA now has Class 1A guideline recommendations (ESC, ACC, AHA)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Medicare reimbursement for CCTA doubled in 2024, making it more accessible<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 AI tools are emerging to support CCTA interpretation and decision-making<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jscai.org\/article\/S2772-9303(25)01106-8\/fulltext\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.jscai.org\/article\/S2772-9303(25)01106-8\/fulltext<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CT-Guided PCI: A Defining Moment for Interventional Cardiology Source: JSCAI-May01 2025. 1. What\u2019s new? \u2022 The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) released a new expert consensus document to promote the use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) for planning PCI procedures. 2. Why use CT-guided PCI? \u2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6932,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931\/revisions\/6932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}