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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
7,115
Kerckhoff Klinik GmbH
Bad Nauheim, Germany
Elisabeth Krankenhaus
Essen, Germany
Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien
Frankfurt, Germany
Klinik am Eichert
Göppingen, Germany
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.
Time frame: June 2009-
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
Time frame: June 2009-
analysis of radiation exposure during coronary CT angiography
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
Time frame: June 2009-
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Deutsches Herzzentrum München
München, Germany
Herzzentrum Bogenhausen
München, Germany
Klinikum Traunstein
Traunstein, Germany