High Yield Review of the Uses of Cardiac CT in Heart Failure

Author(s): Spencer S Kitchin, Venkat Sanjay Manubolu, Mathew J Budoff

Heart failure (HF) is a widespread disease. These patients need evaluation into the etiology of the heart failure, and require personalized cardiovascular care tailored to their heart disease (coronary artery disease, structural, electrophysiology). One of the ways these patients can be managed is with cardiac computed tomography (CT), which is a versatile tool that can be used to rule out ischemic etiology of heart failure, assess hemodynamic consequences of coronary artery disease, evaluate the myocardium, and assist in various procedural interventions. Cardiac CT has seen huge advances in technology allowing for novel uses over the last decade. Recently, the authors wrote a detailed narrative review on the uses of cardiac CT in heart failure to review these uses [1]. This commentary will address high yield topics on how cardiac CT can be integrated into the clinical care of patients with HF in accordance with major society guidelines, as well as future uses of this modality.

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