Team: Feuchtner G, Widmann G, Lacaita PG, Luger A, Jöbstl A, Deeg J

The research area of cardiovascular computed tomography led by ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gudrun Feuchtner is one of the world's leading institutions and is actively involved internationally as a partner in numerous multicenter studies (e.g. EU project DISCHARGE).

Current projects in close collaboration with the University Clinic for Cardiology deal with the cardiovascular risk profile and prognostic implications of coronary plaques in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and rheumatic diseases, e.g. monosodium urate deposits using dual-energy CT.

Selected publications

Lacaita PG, Barbieri F, Plank F, Beyer C, Friedrich G, Widmann G, Feuchtner G. Prediction of high coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores from aortic arch calcification: An efficient tool for selection of non-optimal candidates for coronary CTA? Eur J Radiol. 2024 Jan;170:111216. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2023.111216.

Feuchtner GM, Plank F, Beyer C, Barbieri F, Widmann G, Spitaler P, Dichtl W. Cardiac Computed Tomography: State of the Art and Future Horizons. J Clin Med. 2022 Jul 29;11(15):4429. doi: 10.3390/jcm11154429.

Feuchtner GM, Barbieri F, Langer C, Beyer C, Widmann G, Friedrich GJ, Cartes-Zumelzu F, Plank F. Non obstructive high-risk plaque but not calcified by coronary CTA, and the G-score predict ischemia. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. Nov-Dec 2019;13(6):305-314.

Ruttmann E, Dietl M, Feuchtner GM, Metzler B, Bonaros N, Taggart DP, Gaudino M, Ulmer H; RADIAL Investigators. Long-term clinical outcome and graft patency of radial artery and saphenous vein grafts in multiple arterial revascularization. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Aug;158(2):442-450.

Feuchtner GM, Cury RC, Jodocy D, Friedrich GJ, Blumenthal RS, Budoff MJ, Nasir K. Differences in coronary plaque composition by noninvasive computed tomography angiography in individuals with and without obstructive coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis. 2011 Mar;215(1):90-5.

Feuchtner GM, Alkadhi H, Karlo C, Sarwar A, Meier A, Dichtl W, Leschka S, Blankstein R, Gruenenfelder J, Stolzmann P, Cury RC. Cardiac CT angiography for the diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse: comparison with echocardiography. Radiology. 2010 Feb;254(2):374-83.

Feuchtner GM, Müller S, Grander W, Alber HF, Bartel T, Friedrich GJ, Reinthaler M, Pachinger O, zur Nedden D, Dichtl W. Aortic valve calcification as quantified with multislice computed tomography predicts short-term clinical outcome in patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis. J Heart Valve Dis. 2006 Jul;15(4):494-8.T