Philips Unveils Industry-First CT Integration to Power Future of Coronary Intervention

At the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT 2025) meeting, Philips unveiled an industry-first innovation that integrates pre-operative CT data directly into the cath lab workflow. This advancement, made possible through the integration of Philips’ Advanced Visualization Workspace (AVW) with the Azurion image-guided therapy system, represents a major step toward making CT-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) a standard practice.

At the heart of this innovation is the Follow C-arm capability, which automatically synchronizes the 3D reconstruction of coronary arteries with the movement of the Azurion C-arm. As the C-arm angle changes, the CT volume rotates in real time, giving interventionalists a dynamic 3D anatomical view without manual adjustments. This seamless synchronization enables clinicians to combine the detailed insights of pre-operative CT imaging with the precision of live X-ray guidance, potentially reducing contrast use and radiation exposure during interventions.

As Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) gains recognition in global guidelines as a first-line tool for diagnosing and planning coronary artery disease, more patients now arrive at cath labs with prior CT scans. This creates growing demand among physicians to incorporate CT data into live procedures. “By bringing pre-operative CT into the cath lab and linking it directly to the movement of the C-arm, Philips is delivering an industry-first that helps interventionalists prepare for and execute PCI procedures with greater confidence,” said Mark Stoffels, Business Leader of Image-Guided Therapy Systems at Philips.

By seamlessly merging CT and cath lab data, Philips is helping clinicians extend the role of CT from diagnosis and planning to real-time guidance, paving the way for a future where CT-guided PCI becomes a reliable and routine clinical approach.