Imaging News

Among veterans who underwent post-elective PCI stress testing before the guideline-recommended 2 years due to chest pain, most had symptoms consistent with obstructive CAD, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Patients with normal renal function who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are undergoing chest CT angiography may not have an increased risk for contrast-associated AKI.

DENVER – Individuals who had migraine with aura were more likely to have atrial fibrillation compared with those who had a migraine without aura, a presenter said at the American Headache Society annual meeting.

A cohort of mostly Black women who developed a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy were 2.4 times more likely to develop hypertension 10 years later, data from a prospective study show.

A novel drug-eluting coronary artery implant that “uncages” after 6 months appears to have similar short-term performance to a drug-eluting stent while maintaining flexibility of the treated artery, according to an early study in humans.

Mitral annulus calcification may be an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and was more common among older patients and those with concomitant mitral valve dysfunction, according to data published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Among patients with cryptogenic stroke, ipsilateral complicated carotid artery plaque detected by MRI was associated with elevated risk for recurrent ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, data show.

Abbott is recalling certain lots of its imaging catheter with OCT because the marker band farthest from the catheter tip may become loose and separate from the catheter during use.

ATLANTA — In the setting of concomitant STEMI and COVID-19, researchers identified several sex-based differences in STEMI diagnosis and treatment, a speaker reported.

Effects of alirocumab (Praluent, Sanofi/Regeneron) on coronary atherosclerosis in patients with acute MI undergoing PCI.