Imaging
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AHA advice for diabetes patients to stay heart healthy
Fewer than one in five Americans meet targets for blood sugar, blood pressure, and lipids.
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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
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.
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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...
Reports From the Field
A Preoperative Transthoracic Echocardiography Protocol to Reduce Time to Hip Fracture Surgery
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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...
FDA/CDC
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
Radiotherapy planning scans reveal breast cancer patients’ CVD risk