Angiography

Patients with normal renal function who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are undergoing chest CT angiography may not have an increased risk for contrast-associated AKI.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Retina World Congress here, Caroline R. Baumal, MD, discusses her presentation of the utility of OCT angiography in understanding retinal disease.

One liter of IV fluid can be administered prophylactically to patients over a short period (< 6 hours) following angiography to prevent adverse renal outcomes, according to a speaker at ASN Kidney Week.

In patients with diabetes and chronic coronary disease, researchers found no incremental benefit employing routine invasive management compared with initial medical therapy, according to results from the ISCHEMIA trials.

Immediate angiography did not provide a survival benefit compared with a delayed or selective strategy in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without ST-segment elevation, according to results of the TOMAHAWK trial.

Adding fractional flow reserve assessment of all epicardial vessels at the time of diagnostic coronary angiography did not reduce costs or improve quality of life compared with angiography alone in patients with chest pain.

Direct transfer to an angiography suite within 6 hours of stroke onset increased rates of endovascular therapy, reduced hospital workflow time and enhanced clinical outcomes, according to findings published in JAMA Neurology.

Fractional flow reserve-guided strategy vs. angiography-guided strategy for PCI in patients with STEMI and multivessel disease.

Patients with large vessel occlusion stroke undergoing endovascular thrombectomy who were transferred directly to the angiography suite at admission had faster treatment and better functional outcomes during all hours and treatment windows.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this video from Kiawah Eye, Kareem Sioufi, MD, discusses his study investigating sickle cell retinopathy and its correlation with renal dysfunction using OCT and OCT angiography metrics.