Imaging News

Left ventricular global longitudinal strain predicted death and respiratory failure in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, researchers reported in the American Journal of Cardiology.

Epicardial adipose tissue volume is associated with elevated risk for all-cause death and HF hospitalization in patients with HF with midrange and preserved ejection fraction, according to data published in Circulation: Heart Failure.

New data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found no sex-related differences in all-cause mortality after acute HF hospitalization.

In patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mavacamten was linked with improved cardiac structure and function compared with placebo, according to new data from the EXPLORER-HCM trial.

Patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 may have developed cardiac complications as they continued presenting with dyspnea 1 year after hospital discharge, according to a small study presented at EuroEcho 2021.

Extracardiac anomalies, including structural brain anomalies, were frequently detected on fetal MRI among fetuses with various forms of congenital heart disease, researchers reported.

A new study highlights an independent association between obstructive sleep apnea and coronary plaque presence and burden, suggesting it may be a risk factor for coronary events.

In children and adolescents with latent rheumatic heart disease, secondary antibiotic prophylaxis was associated with lower risk for disease progression at 2 years, researchers reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Vektor Medical announced the FDA has given 510(k) clearance for its novel ECG mapping system, designed to map “hot spots” associated with stable or unstable arrhythmias anywhere in the heart.

The incidence of cardiac amyloidosis in the Danish population increased in the last 2 decades, translating to a potential increase in the global population, according to research published in JACC: CardioOncology.