CV Imaging News

• EuroPCR 2022 Mixed Interim Results for Combination Imaging in CABG Patients The GREECE study is investigating whether use of noninvasive coronary CT angiography can reduce use of invasive angiography when making treatment decisions for patients with previous bypass surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Troponins Independently Prognostic in Nonobstructive CAD Modestly elevated levels of troponin on high-sensitivity assay pointed to impaired perfusion and predicted CV events independent of microvascular dysfunction in patients with nonobstructive CAD.
  First Look, May 18, 2022
• Updated AHA/ASA Guideline Changes Care for Spontaneous ICH Several "standard care" therapies for ICH are not as effective as once thought and are no longer recommended in updated guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Radiologists Feeling the Effects of Contrast-Media Shortage The current global shortage of iodinated contrast media is forcing radiologists to make changes in diagnostic imaging to conserve contrast without affecting patient health.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Consider Cancer as a Trigger for Deep Vein Thrombosis Examination of a woman with paranoid schizophrenia and deep vein thrombosis revealed chondrosarcoma of the tibia.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• ESOC 2022 'Brain Age' Gap Predicts Post-Stroke Outcomes Patients with a higher relative brain age relative to their chronological age had far worse outcomes after stroke, highlighting a biomarker that could be used to guide post-stroke care.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• Alert Positive Topline Results for Dapagliflozin in HFpEF: DELIVER AstraZeneca says regulatory submissions will be forthcoming, potentially bringing a second SGLT2 inhibitor in this space, after empagliflozin.
  News Alerts, May 05, 2022
• Antithrombotic Therapies Shifting for Watchman LAA Occlusion National registry data show substantial deviation from the treatment protocols used in the pivotal randomized trials in the years following approval of the device.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Tenecteplase in Mobile Stroke Unit Shows Encouraging Results Giving the bolus thrombolytic tenecteplase in a mobile stroke unit improved efficacy compared with the standard of care thrombolytic alteplase, without safety concerns, in the TASTE-A study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Will You Suffer Cardiac Arrest? New Tech May Predict If and When Researchers at Johns Hopkins University want to create a 3D model of your heart to predict a life-threatening problem before it happens.
  WebMD Health News, April 26, 2022
• Cardiac Impairment in Long COVID Predicts Persisting Symptoms About one in five patients with long COVID-19, regardless of whether they had been hospitalized, can show cardiac impairment by MRI at 6 months; the impairment often persists at 1 year.
  First Look, April 25, 2022
• Young, Older Athletes Show Similar Patterns With fQRS Some structural changes were observed, but they had no impact on exercise-induced arrhythmias in adolescent athletes.
  Medscape Medical News, April 21, 2022
• COVID-19 Cardiovascular Complications in Children: AHA Statement The statement details what has been learned about how to treat, manage, and prevent cardiovascular complications associated with COVID-19 in children and young adults.
  Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2022
• Physicians Assess Cardiovascular Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines After a review of the data, the Brazilian Society of Cardiology concluded that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the potential risks of thrombotic thrombocytopenia and myocarditis.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2022
• ACC 2022 ACC Treatment Initiative Improves International STEMI Care Two-year findings from GHATI, ACC's new registry and program to improve quality of care and survival of STEMI patients in low- to middle-income countries, are 'encouraging,' researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2022
• Sanctions Affect Russia's Healthcare System Russian doctors are worried about their patients' health, as the ruble falls and foreign suppliers cut ties.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2022
• EHRA 2022 Cardiac MRI Improves Tool to Predict Sudden Death After MI Incorporating cardiac MRI of core scar and gray zone tissue improved the accuracy of a tool to predict sudden cardiac death after a myocardial infarction, a new study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2022
• TTR Gene Variant Ups Risk of Heart Failure Among Black Individuals The risk of heart failure is increased in Black carriers of the transthyretin (TTR) Val122Ile mutation, the genetic basis of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy, a new study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, April 05, 2022
• ACC 2022 APOLLO: SLN360 Clears First Major Hurdle, Hammering Lp(a) The results add to growing enthusiasm for achieving the 'holy grail' of a lipoprotein(a)-specific lowering agent, but whether it will reduce cardiovascular risk remains unknown.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2022
• ACC 2022 VALOR-HCM: Novel Drug May Delay, Avert Invasive Therapy in OHCM A medical alternative to highly invasive septal reduction therapy for patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and symptoms despite standard meds? Perhaps, a randomized trial suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, April 02, 2022