Observational studyLa Radiologia medica2015
Italian Registry of Cardiac Computed Tomography.
Observational study in La Radiologia medica, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diagnostic performance of noninvasive fractional flow reserve derived from coronary computed tomography angiography in ischemia-causing coronary stenosis: a meta-analysis.Japanese journal of radiology · 2016Pooled it
- Coronary Calcium Scoring as Prediction of Coronary Artery Diseases with Low-Dose Dual-Source CT.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Article
- Medical Radiology: Current Progress.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Carotid Phase-Contrast Magnetic Resonance before Treatment: 4D-Flow versus Standard 2D Imaging.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2021Article
- Challenges and opportunities to delivering cardiac imaging training: a national survey by the Italian college of cardiac radiology.Insights into imaging · 2021Article
- Radiological outpatient' visits to avoid inappropriate cardiac CT examinations: an 8-year experience report.La Radiologia medica · 2021Observational
- Noninvasive imaging of congenital cardiovascular defects.La Radiologia medica · 2020Review
- Epicardial fat thickness is significantly increased and related to LDL cholesterol level in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.Journal of ultrasound · 2019Article
- Computed tomography coronary angiography in patients without known coronary artery disease can demonstrate possible non-cardiovascular causes of non-acute retrosternal chest pain.Insights into imaging · 2018Article
- Coronary computed tomography angiography in the evaluation of intermediate risk asymptomatic individuals.La Radiologia medica · 2018Article
- German cardiac CT registry: indications, procedural data and clinical consequences in 7061 patients undergoing cardiac computed tomography.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2018Observational
- Cardiac-CT and Cardiac-MR examinations cost analysis, based on data of four Italian Centers.La Radiologia medica · 2016Article
- Coronary Involvement in Marfan Syndrome: The Role of Electrocardiographically Gated Computed Tomography Angiography.Journal of cardiovascular echographyArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
20 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeCardiac CT (CCT) is an imaging modality that is becoming a standard in clinical cardiology. We evaluated indications, safety, and impact on patient management of routine CCT in a multicenter national registry. MATERIALS AND
methodsDuring a period of 6 months, 47 centers in Italy enrolled 3,455 patients.
resultsCCT was performed mainly with 64-slice CT scanners (73.02 %). Contrast agents were administrated in 3,185 patients (92.5 %). Mean DLP changes with type of scanner and was lower in >64 row detector scanner. The most frequent indication for CCT was suspected CAD (44.8 %), followed by calcium scoring (9.6 %), post-angioplasty/stenting (8.3 %), post-CABGs (7.5 %), study of cardiac anatomy (4.22 %) and assessment in patients with known CAD (4.1 %) and acute chest pain (1.99 %). Most of the CCTs were performed in outpatient settings (2,549; 74 %) and a minority in inpatient settings (719, 20.8 %). Adverse clinical events (mild-moderate) occurred in 26 examinations (0.75 %). None of them was severe. In 45.3 % of the cases CCT findings impacted patient management.
conclusionCCT is performed with different workloads in participating centers. It is a safe procedure and its results have a strong impact on patient management.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.