Imaging News

Global longitudinal strain more accurately predicted mortality than left ventricular ejection fraction among patients with acute HF, researchers reported.

After the adoption of damage caps, physicians were more likely to change their CAD testing practices to those that were less invasive and to perform fewer PCI procedures, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology.

At the time of cardioversion, use of hand-held ultrasound to assess inferior vena cava measurements aided in the identification of patients at low risk for early recurrence of atrial fibrillation after successful electrical cardioversion.

The functional SYNTAX score can be calculated noninvasively and is comparable to calculations using invasive pressure-wire assessment, according to results of a SYNTAX II substudy.

BOSTON — While not frequent, thrombosis related to a left atrial occlusion device for stroke prevention was associated with a markedly elevated risk for stroke and systemic embolism, according to findings presented at the Heart Rhythm Society Annual Scientific Sessions.

The use of whole-body MR angiography determined that many patients considered at low to intermediate risk for CVD have atherosclerosis.

A novel quantitative cardiac MRI technique called CV MR multitasking enabled accurate diagnosis without requiring patients to hold their breath, researchers reported.

Neoatherosclerosis with luminal narrowing was observed 5 years after implantation of an everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold, according to results published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology.

The measurement of wrist circumference in children and adolescents with obesity can help estimate CV risk, according to a study published in The American Journal of Cardiology.

CMS has issued a decision memo stating that the evidence is sufficient for the coverage of MRI in Medicare beneficiaries with an implanted pacemaker, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker.