Imaging News

A drug-eluting stent outperformed bare-metal stents for treatment of patients with lesions in the superficial femoral and proximal popliteal arteries, according to results of the EMINENT trial presented at VIVA 21.

When diagnosed in young adulthood or during midlife, hypertension was associated with smaller brain volumes and increased dementia risk, researchers reported in Hypertension.

Among patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia who underwent MRI proton density fat fraction, clinically meaningful hepatic steatosis appeared to be common, according to a presenter at the National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions.

COPD maintenance therapy, particularly the combination of a long-acting beta agonist and long-acting muscarinic antagonist, was associated with left atrial size, according to an observational study published in Respiratory Medicine.

The FDA has identified Cordis’ recall of its angiographic catheter with radiopaque marker bands as Class I, the most serious type of recall.

Among patients undergoing CABG, the no-touch technique for vein harvesting reduced risk for vein graft occlusion and improved patient prognosis compared with the conventional harvesting technique, according to new research in Circulation.

Researchers in Sweden reported that atherosclerosis was present in more than 40% of individuals aged 50 to 64 years with no known CHD.

Early echocardiography for suspected acute MI in the presence of left bundle branch block may not increase diagnostic accuracy in differentiating chest pain from other causes in hemodynamically stable patients, researchers reported.

Artificial intelligence-assisted enhancement of cardiac MRIs eliminated the need for IV contrast agents and provided better image quality and faster image development compared with late gadolinium-enhanced images, researchers reported.

In contrast to previous coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, produces many CV consequences, according to a presentation at the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference.