Computed Tomography Angiography

Healio asked experts for their key takeaways from the ISCHEMIA and ISCHEMIA-CKD trials of invasive vs. conservative strategies in patients with stable ischemic heart disease.

PHILADELPHIA — Interim data using coronary CT angiography demonstrated benefits of icosapent ethyl as an adjunct to statin therapy on several plaque characteristics at 9 months in adults with high triglycerides and coronary atherosclerosis.

SAN FRANCISCO — Guidance with OCT led to a lower occurrence of significant angina or the composite of MACE compared with guidance with fractional flow reserve in patients with angiographically intermediate coronary lesions, according to 13-month data from the FORZA trial presented at TCT 2019.

Canon Medical Systems USA announced the FDA granted 501(k) clearance to its image reconstruction technology that uses a deep learning algorithm.

The beneficial effect of a coronary CT angiography-based strategy on clinical outcomes compared with standard care in patients with chest pain was consistent across subgroups, and the benefit chiefly occurs because of preventive treatments given to those with stable CAD, according to new data from the SCOT-HEART study.

Stress tests are a thing of the past. Make way for coronary CT angiography.