Imaging
Guidelines
AHA advice for diabetes patients to stay heart healthy
Fewer than one in five Americans meet targets for blood sugar, blood pressure, and lipids.
Feature
Valentin Fuster: ‘Atherosclerosis starts in the femoral artery’
Imaging genomics, which identifies genes that influence the brain, cognition, and risk for disease, shows that the development of cardiovascular...
From the Journals
D-dimer thresholds rule out PE in meta-analysis
Data from a large review support use of D-dimer levels to diagnose PE without imaging.
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Exercise reduces arm and shoulder problems after breast cancer surgery
Study provides the best quality evidence to date in support of early exercise for women at high risk of shoulder problems after breast cancer...
Conference Coverage
Fully endovascular mitral valve replacement a limited success in feasibility study
Although progress in transcatheter mitral valve replacement has been slow compared with TAVR’s rapid ascent, its transition from a transapical to...
Conference Coverage
AHA 2021 puts scientific dialogue, health equity center stage
The Scientific Sessions are fully online but with a heavy emphasis on live events and opportunities to interact globally over the latest...
Conference Coverage
At 5 years, iFR found as effective and safe as FFR for guiding PCI intervention
Five-year data reinforce prior finding: iFR and FFR are comparably effective and safe for guiding revascularization.
Conference Coverage
FFR-guided PCI falls short vs. surgery in multivessel disease: FAME 3
PCI guided by FFR assessment may have yielded better outcomes in patients with less complex coronary anatomy, researchers say; others doubt the...
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ASNC rejects new chest pain guideline it helped create
“We believe that the document fails to provide unbiased guidance to health care professionals on the optimal evaluation of patients with chest...
From the Journals
Study points to ideal age for CAC testing in young adults
Although a robust predictor of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, few data are available on coronary artery calcium testing in younger adults...
Conference Coverage
In all-comer approach, FFR adds no value to angiography: RIPCORD 2
Fractional flow reserve studies in all patients at time of angiography is not supported by the randomized RIPCORD 2 trial.