Issue insight: JCCT | July - August 2019

Join Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD, FACC, FSCCT as she takes a deep dive into three featured articles in the July - August 2019 issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (JCCT). Dr. Chinnaiyan will chat with Sheldon Litwin, MD, FSCCT; Elliot McVeigh, PhD; and Pepijn Van Diemen, MD.

This episode will explore:

• Effects of obesity on noninvasive test results in patients with suspected cardiac ischemia: Insights from the PROMISE trial
• Using a genetic risk score to calculate the optimal age for an individual to undergo coronary artery calcium screening
• The association of coronary lumen volume to left ventricle mass ratio with myocardial blood flow and fractional flow reserve