Imaging News

Adding quantitative analysis from automated myocardial perfusion imaging to visual reading improved risk stratification for prediction of major adverse cardiac events, according to new data from the REFINE SPECT registry.

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of the most-read news published in February.

A method of preprocedural modeling using 3D printing and ex vivo implantation successfully predicted incidence of paravalvular leak and site of leak after transcatheter aortic valve replacement, according to research published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions.

Compared with men, women had increased flow and cardiac strain parameters associated with left ventricular mass, according to a study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

Nonmydriatic fundus photography after suspected minor stroke or transient ischemic attack was able to differentiate between actual stroke and mimics, according to findings from the FOTO-ED TIA study presented at the International Stroke Conference.

Acutus Medical announced the FDA clearance of a new algorithm for the mapping of stable and transient arrhythmias.

Value of routine cardiac MR vs. selective CMR to determine the cause of HF.

Patients with myocarditis related to immune checkpoint inhibitors and either a preserved or reduced ejection fraction had a reduced global longitudinal strain, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The FDA granted Caption Health Inc. authorization to market its Caption Guidance software, which is intended to guide medical professionals through cardiac ultrasound image acquisition, according to an FDA release.

Healio and Cardiology Today present the top-read articles published in January 2020. Healio readers were most interested in the impact of green tea on ASCVD, contributors to losing the battle against heart disease, the ability of positive ECG and negative echocardiography identify patients with elevated CV risk, the use of marijuana in patients with CVD and more.