Imaging
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Intracranial atherosclerosis finding on MRA linked to stroke
An incidental diagnosis of intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis in stroke-free individuals should trigger a thorough assessment of vascular...
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Analysis supports CAC for personalizing statin use
A cross-sectional study confirms a coronary artery calcium score of 0 may obviate the need for statins in the context of risk-enhancing factors....
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Are left atrial thrombi that defy preprocedure anticoagulation predictable?
Features that predispose to such persistent LA thrombi, which are not very rare, could potentially guide more targeted TEE screening before rhythm...
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Myocardial injury seen on MRI in 54% of recovered COVID-19 patients
Two months after discharge, 54% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with troponin elevation showed signs of myocardial injury on MRI, some of which...
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PCPs play a small part in low-value care spending
Study indicates waste was widely distributed among specialties.
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CVD deaths rose, imaging declined during pandemic
Two new papers quantify the impact of COVID-19 on patients with heart disease: more deaths, less disease testing or diagnosis. Experts suggest...
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Elite soccer players have big hearts and that’s okay
Dataset provides reference standards to answer a question cardiologists face regularly: Is this heart ‘big good’ or ‘big bad?’ Norms are...
News
FDA safety alert: Face masks with metal can burn during MRI
Conference Coverage
SCAPIS: Simple questionnaire can identify silent atherosclerosis
The study found 40% of the middle-aged Swedish population without known heart disease had coronary plaques on CCTA, and those with extensive...
Conference Coverage
Combined OCT, cardiac MRI unravels root cause in most MINOCA
The multimodal imaging strategy has the potential to provide reassurance and clarity for women who present with an MI without a major artery...
Conference Coverage
Radiotherapy planning scans reveal breast cancer patients’ CVD risk