Imaging News

In a cohort of patients with ischemia and nonobstructive coronary arteries, nearly four of five had coronary endothelial dysfunction, researchers reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Persistent, chronic inflammation seen in moderate to severe psoriasis is associated with plaque destabilization and rupture that drives MI, and biologic treatment can reduce CV risk, according to a speaker.

Atrial cardiopathy was associated with increased risk for dementia, according to new data from the ARIC cohort study.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The medical community needs to understand that uncontrolled open artery ischemia is not benign, a speaker said during the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention.

The level of total cholesterol minus HDL and LDL was associated with progression of atherosclerosis, independently of traditional CV risk factors, according to data published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Among adults without established CVD, a systolic BP of 118 mm Hg or less maintained over time can attenuate coronary atherosclerosis progression, according to an analysis using coronary CT angiography.

Consumption of one avocado daily was not found to reduce visceral adiposity and only had a slight effect on cardiometabolic disorder risk factors, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Early revascularization may confer mortality benefit in patients with moderate to severe myocardial ischemia identified on nuclear stress testing, regardless of left ventricular ejection fraction, researchers reported.

Researchers in Brazil used cardiac MRI and ECG to identify evidence of myocardial injury as a result of acute Chagas disease, an infection considered endemic across countries in South America.

PHILADELPHIA — Coronary artery calcium scoring is a helpful tool in patients aged 40 years or older whom a decision to start therapy for primary CVD prevention is not obvious, a speaker said at the Heart in Diabetes CME conference.