Highlights of the 16th annual scientific meeting of the society of cardiovascular computed tomography.

The 16th Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) annual scientific meeting welcomed 781 digital attendees from 55 countries. The program included 27 sessions across three simultaneously streaming channels, 11 exhibitors, 153 poster presentations, and 32 ​hours of on demand videos. The main themes of the meeting included coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, structural heart disease, and advanced analytics including machine learning. This article summaries the main themes of the meeting and some of the key presentations, which will shape the future of cardiovascular computed tomography in clinical practice.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest Dr. Ferencik received grants from NIH and AHA and consulting fees from Biograph, Inc. – not related to this work. Dr. Branch reports grants from the NIH, Bayer, Eli Lilly, Sanofi and consulting fees from Bayer, Janssen, Sanofi, Kestra, Sana, and Hanmi. None are related to this work. Dr. Ghoshhajra reports grants from the NIH and Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, not related to this work. Dr. Nieman reports grants from the NIH, unrestricted institutional research support from Siemens Healthcare, Bayer, HeartFlow Inc., and consulting for Siemens Medical Solutions USA, not related to this work. Dr. Choi reports grant support from the GW Heart and Vascular Institute and equity in Cleerly, Inc. Dr Nicol reports educational consulting fees from Heartflow and GE and is on the Advisory Board of Caristo, not related to his work.
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