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The European Cardiac CT Registry has the unique potential to provide important data that will help to clarify the clinical role of cardiac computed tomography (CT), to create guidelines and recommendations for its use, and to identify the most important areas that require specific further research.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| collect data | The general aim of the Registry is to collect data from a large number of patients regarding the indications, general use, safety, and therapeutic implications of cardiac CT in European clinical practice. | June 2009- |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| effect of coronary CT angiography | A first specific aim of the Registry is the analysis of the effect of coronary CT angiography on downstream resource utilization, revascularization procedures, and prognosis in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease | June 2009- |
| analysis of radiation exposure during coronary CT angiography |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
- Besides the absence of informed consent, and cardiac CT studies performed as part of a research protocol, no exclusion criteria exist.
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All consecutive patients that are studies by computed tomography of the heart for clinical indications
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Stephan Achenbach, MD | Universitätsklinikum Erlangen | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Kerckhoff Klinik GmbH | Bad Nauheim | Germany | ||||
| Elisabeth Krankenhaus |
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The second specific aim is the analysis of radiation exposure during coronary CT angiography and the identification of parameters that influence radiation exposure, with the potential to provide specific guidance for interventions to lower radiation dose in the future |
| June 2009- |
| Essen |
| Germany |
| Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien | Frankfurt | Germany |
| Klinik am Eichert | Göppingen | Germany |
| Deutsches Herzzentrum München | München | Germany |
| Herzzentrum Bogenhausen | München | Germany |
| Klinikum Traunstein | Traunstein | Germany |