Incidental Findings on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

Incidental Noncardiac Findings on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07275281

Enrollment

2000

Registered

2025-12-10

Start date

2026-01-02

Completion date

2027-02-28

Last updated

2025-12-30

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Conditions

Computed Tomography, Coronary Angiography, Incidental Findings

Keywords

Coronary artery disease, computed tomography, indidental findings

Brief summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTCCTA (Review of the scans)

Reviewing coronary scans done in the past 5 years looking for findings other than atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Adult patients ho underwent CCTA

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Non atherosclerotic coronary disease	BASELINE	Findings other than coronary atherosclerotic disease: coronary bridge, coronary dissection, coronary embolism, and coronary fistula.
Non coronary cardiac findings	BASELINE	Findings include valve calcifications, left atrial appendage thrombus, patent foramen ovale and septal defects, pericardial effusion, LV clots, cardiac tumors.
Non cardiac findings	BASELINE	Non cardiac findings include: a. major vascular abnormalities in the aorta and the pulmonary arteries, b. pulmonary disease: masses, lymph nodes, granulomas, and pleural effusion, and c. non pulmonary findings in the diaphragm and the hepatobiliary tree.

Countries

Jordan

Contacts

Primary ContactWasfi Alghween, MD

hammoudeh_ayman@yahoo.com+96265001000

Backup ContactMusa Saadeh

065001000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026