Imaging News

CHICAGO — Compared with usual care, a system of electronic provider notification more often enabled patients diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis to have aortic valve replacement within 1 year, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — AI-assisted quantitative coronary computed tomography was more prognostic of major adverse CV events vs. standard risk scores among patients referred for imaging, especially for women with CAD, a speaker reported.

CHICAGO — AI could assist novice users of point-of-care ultrasound to acquire diagnostic-quality echocardiograms with high concordance vs. experts, according to new data presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

A novel therapeutic showed significant promise in slowing aortic valve calcification, potentially extending time until or eliminating need for transcatheter or surgical intervention for stenosis, researchers reported.

AI-assisted diagnosis of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction may detect disease early and thereby expedite treatment of low ejection fraction, according to data published in JACC: Advances.

Visualizing and explaining patients’ risk for coronary artery disease using coronary CT and coronary calcium scoring may improve statin adherence and subsequently lower risk for future CAD events, researchers reported.

The American Board of Medical Specialties denied approval of creation of an independent cardiology certification board championed by the American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine, according to a press release.

In part 2, we dig into the history of pulmonary hypertension. How did this strange diagnosis first get recognized, what does it have to do with cows with thick necks and urinary catheters in the heart?

Machine learning may be able to identify older adults most at risk for major adverse cardiovascular events by assessing abdominal aortic calcification in vertebral fracture assessment images, according to study data.