[Cardiac computed tomography: overview and perspectives].

Recent technical improvements have led to a decrease of scanning duration in computed tomography and opened the doors to cardiac imaging, particularly for coronary applications. Recently, large studies have compared anatomical and functional testing in coronary artery disease, showing at least similar results in terms of long-term cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Adding functional to anatomical information aims to make CT a « one-stop shop » in investigating coronary artery disease. Moreover, computed tomography has emerged in the planning of several percutaneous interventions, in addition to other modalities like transesophageal echocardiography.