Imaging News

Patients with cancer have elevated risk for atrial fibrillation development, although the degree varies by cancer type, researchers reported in JACC: CardioOncology.

Individuals whose employers switched to higher deductible health plans were less likely to visit the ED for chest pain after the switch, according to data published in Circulation.

The evaluation and management of CAD has critical implications in certain populations. A recently published review addresses this topic for two high-risk populations, commercial motor vehicle drivers and commercial pilots.

In a prospective cohort study of patients hospitalized with HF with preserved ejection fraction, a majority of participants had evidence of epicardial CAD, coronary microvascular disease or both.

Seven patients who developed myocarditis-like symptoms after COVID-19 vaccination were able to recover after treatment, according to a case series published in Circulation.

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, diagnostic CV volumes declined, but the drops varied by U.S. region, according to data from the INCAPS-COVID registry.

Fewer than half of patients who underwent left atrial appendage occlusion during open-heart surgery had follow-up imaging to determine whether anticoagulation was still needed, researchers reported.

Microvascular angina is a significant health problem that confers risk for major adverse CV events, according to registry data from the Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study, or COVADIS, Group.

The prevalence of left atrial thrombus is high in certain anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation, which suggests a role for transesophageal echocardiogram imaging before procedures in that population, researchers reported.

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of the top news from the virtual American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.