# Evolution of Cardiac Diagnostics: A New Era with AI-Powered FFR-CT Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-pradip-jamnadas-md-7849907/evolution-of-cardiac-diagnostics-a-new-era-with-ai-powered-ffr-ct Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-pradip-jamnadas-md-7849907/evolution-of-cardiac-diagnostics-a-new-era-with-ai-powered-ffr-ct.md Podcast: [Dr. Pradip Jamnadas, MD](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-pradip-jamnadas-md-7849907) Published: 2026-09-22T16:35:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG8368975190.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG8368975190.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-pradip-jamnadas-md-7849907/episodes/evolution-of-cardiac-diagnostics-a-new-era-with-ai-powered-ffr-ct Duration seconds: 5240 ## Resource I’m very excited to introduce my first video in a new series titled Spring Forward Your Health! In the coming months there will be a few lectures on various topics. Make sure you’re subscribed to be notified when they are released! I apologize for the audio issues in this lecture, we have it all sorted out for future lectures.This lecture is to educate everybody on the newest advancements using noninvasive CT angiography WITH Fractional Flow Reserve determination (FFR-CT). Artificial intelligence is used to analyze the CT angiograms to determine which blockages are significant and which ones are not. Mild blockages do not require stents or bypass. They require a prevention program. Learn about this breakthrough, which avoids, unnecessary, invasive procedures, and interventions. Also learn what actually causes heart attacks.Chapters0:00 Understanding Heart Blockages and Their Symptoms 4:16 The testing for flow limiting blockages6:00 CT Angiography in Cardiology12:26 Invasive FFR with Heart Catheterization19:39 What CT Angiogram tells you about Blockages23:27 Understanding AI Powered FFR-CT26:09 Physiology behind FFR28:59 Why we do FFR Testing30:23 The link between Inflammation, Hematology, and Plaque38:18 Underlining Clues to the Progression of Heart Disease46:32 Q&A - 1. How to you check pressures on each side of a blockage?50:15 Q&A - 2. If a Calcium score is low is the CT FFR a test that should be done?55:17 Q&A - 3. What makes plaque in the arteries crack?1:05:35 Q&A - 4. Can sensitivity to inflammation be inherited?1:08:47 Q&A - 5. Inflammation, what is it exactly?1:13:06 Q&A - 6. How accurate is the new FFR CT using AI?1:16:11 Q&A - 7. If someone has a high calcium score but passes a stress test should they still have an FFR CT done?Oth… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-pradip-jamnadas-md-7849907/episodes/evolution-of-cardiac-diagnostics-a-new-era-with-ai-powered-ffr-ct/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-pradip-jamnadas-md-7849907/evolution-of-cardiac-diagnostics-a-new-era-with-ai-powered-ffr-ct.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.