Incidental Findings on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

Jordan Collaborating Cardiology Group

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Coronary Angiography; Incidental Findings; Computed Tomography

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: CCTA (Review of the scans)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07275281

JOINCIDENT.CCTA.NOV2025/3

Details and patient eligibility

About

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is increasingly used for ischemic heart disease diagnosis. The rising number of CCTA tests has led to a significant increase in the number of finding unexpected incidental extracardiac diseases.

Full description

The increasing utilization of coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography (CCTA) to diagnose and triage patients with suspected or known ischemic heart disease has led to a parallel increase in the frequency of incidental findings in the coronaries (nonatherosclerotic), noncoronary cardiac structures and noncardiac structures.

Studies have reported a prevalence of incidental findings on CCTA up to 40%. Most of these findings have no clinical relevance, but some have significant clinical implications in the care and prognosis of the patients.

We sought to assess the frequency of incidental findings on CCTA scans in consecutive studies performed in the past 5 years.

Enrollment: 2,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients ho underwent CCTA

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

2,000 participants in 1 patient group

Adult patients who underwent CCTA

Description:

All adults (18 years of age and older0 who underwent CCTA to evaluate the coronary arteries in the past 5 years will have their CT scans reviewed for the presence of non coronary incidental findings.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: CCTA (Review of the scans)