Imaging News

Early coronary CTA vs. standard care in high-risk patients with suspected ACS.

The Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study Group, which is working to develop standards for diagnosing and treating coronary vasomotor disorders, held its first virtual summit on Sept. 9.

Deaths associated with CVD rose during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., and the elevated mortality may be associated with a global trend in reduced CV diagnostic testing during that time, researchers wrote.

An analysis of 1-year outcomes did not support the use of early coronary CT angiography among intermediate and high-risk patients with suspected ACS, according to the results of the RAPID-CTCA trial.

Providing brief education to patients on CT results leads to patient adherence and reduces the future likelihood of noncardiac chest pain, researchers reported.

Imaging study to determine mechanism in women with suspected MI but no obstructive CAD.

Abnormal ECG findings were more common in female athletes compared with male athletes, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology.

Adults with acute myeloid leukemia with IDH mutations appeared to be at increased risk for coronary artery disease and exacerbated cardiotoxicity during treatment with anthracyclines, according to study results.

Passive smoke exposure in childhood was associated with a reduction in global longitudinal strain, a marker of left ventricular dysfunction, in adulthood, researchers reported at the virtual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Among women with MI with nonobstructive coronary arteries, approximately 85% had potential mechanisms identified when they underwent coronary OCT and cardiac MRI, according to results of the HARP-MINOCA study.