Imaging
From the Journals
PTSD symptoms in women tied to worse heart, brain health
Outcomes of interest were associations of PTSD symptoms with carotid intima media thickness, brain white matter hyperintensity volume, and...
Conference Coverage
AI interpretation of CCTA unlocks value of inflammation as CV risk factor
Combined with imaging, artificial intelligence (AI) identifies risk in setting of nonobstructive coronary disease.
Conference Coverage
AI-ECG gets STEMI patients to cath lab sooner
An artificial intelligence electrocardiography app cut catheterization lab activation times by 9 minutes in ST-elevation myocardial infarction...
Feature
Novel PET tracer for perfusion imaging: What’s the potential?
“Flurpiridaz also is supposed to have a more linear relationship between flow and tracer uptake, which could improve the ability to perform...
From the Journals
PET scan at diagnosis may help to predict aneurysm risk in patients with giant cell arteritis
Patients with aortic inflammation detected by PET were at greater risk for developing aortic aneurysms, particularly thoracic aortic aneurysms.
Conference Coverage
Should intravascular imaging be almost routine in PCI?
“The challenge, though, will be convincing the average interventional cardiologist worldwide that it was specifically the imaging and not the...
Conference Coverage
Dietary nitrates reduce contrast-induced nephropathy in ACS
“Currently, aside from intravenous hydration, there is no proven treatment that reduces contrast-induced nephropathy. We feel that dietary...
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People still want their medical intelligence in human form
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From the Journals
Video-based AI tool estimates LVEF from angiograms
“We know the findings will be unexpected for cardiologists who don’t typically expect to get an estimate of systolic function or pump function...
From the Journals
LAA closure outcomes improve with CCTA: Swiss-Apero subanalysis
A trial of left atrial appendage closure reported better outcomes with preprocedure CT than transesophageal echocardiography alone.
Guidelines
New ASE guideline on interventional echocardiography training
Standards for training institutions and minimum competencies for clinicians who plan to specialize in the emerging subspecialty of interventional...