Imaging News

While not great in number, there exists a distinct subgroup of younger patients with COVID-19 but no risk factors or prior CVD who are at elevated risk for new HF, according to a research letter.

Collegiate athletes were unlikely to develop cardiac complications from SARS-CoV-2, according to a study published in Circulation.

Transcatheter mitral valve repair improved clinical outcomes in patients with HF across all quartiles of mitral valve gradient, according to new data from the COAPT trial.

Patients with STEMI and COVID-19 were less likely to undergo primary PCI and were more likely to experience adverse outcomes compared with those who presented with STEMI before the pandemic, researchers reported.

Echocardiography at initial screening is one tool that may help identify childhood cancer survivors most at risk for future HF with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, researchers reported.

For patients living with HIV on long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy, diffuse myocardial fibrosis and left ventricular remodeling may be predictive of adverse CV events, according to data published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Patients monitored with intermittent auscultation vs. other fetal surveillance types had a lower risk for emergency cesarean delivery and did not have an increased risk for adverse neonatal or maternal outcomes, a meta-analysis found.

Royal Philips announced the FDA granted 510(k) clearance for its 3D CT image acquisition, visualization and measurement application software for interventional radiology procedures.

Among Black adults, smoking was associated with elevated risk for CHD, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Risk for development of takotsubo cardiomyopathy may be associated with level of amygdala activity as measured by PET or CT imaging, according to data published in the European Heart Journal.