Imaging News

Results from the ISCHEMIA trial may lead to increased use of coronary CT angiography to determine risk for events, according to a presentation at Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Annual Scientific Meeting.

Among women living with HIV, those at high psychosocial risk had higher carotid plaque prevalence and were more likely to have formed new plaque compared with those at low psychosocial risk, researchers reported.

Women’s National Basketball Association athletes frequently have increased cardiac dimensions, which can be affected by body surface area and physiologic findings, researchers reported.

The Society of Vascular Surgery released clinical practice guidelines on management of visceral artery aneurysms, which are rare but can have grave consequences if they rupture.

Patients who were treated with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy had increased risk for major adverse CV events, researchers found.

Patients with COVID-19 had impaired left ventricular diastolic and right ventricular function despite most patients having preserved LV systolic function, researchers found in a study published in Circulation.

Incorporating a question about physical activity with coronary artery calcium scoring improved prediction of clinical and mortality risk in older patients, researchers reported.

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had low rates of ischemic stroke confirmed by imaging, according to a study published in Stroke.

Healio and Cardiology Today present the most-read articles on COVID-19 and the heart.

In patients with COVID-19, the severity of the disease and the possibility of CV involvement should be taken into account when considering a return to intense exercise training and competition.