Vascular Calcification
Top in women's health: Dobbs impacts OB/GYN residents; mammograms may predict CVD risk
After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision led abortion clinics in Wisconsin to close, OB/GYN residents living in the state participated in an out-of-state training partnership to obtain abortion training.
Breast arterial calcification on mammograms may be marker for future heart disease risk
CHICAGO — The presence of breast arterial calcifications on routine mammograms may signal increased risk for atherosclerotic CVD later in life, according to research presented at the Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society.
VIDEO: Use incidental calcification findings to estimate CVD risk
BOSTON — In this video, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP, MACC, FAHA, FHFSA, offers tips on how to approach incidental calcification findings from a nongated CT.
Selection bias persists in complex, high-risk PCI
Data from a retrospective analysis show there are significant differences in the types of complex high-risk PCI cases undertaken across centers in England and Wales, as well as differences in clinical outcomes across age groups.
Mitral annulus calcification independently tied to all-cause death
Mitral annulus calcification may be an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and was more common among older patients and those with concomitant mitral valve dysfunction, according to data published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
SYNTAXES
10-year mortality according to presence of highly calcified lesions in high-risk patients with CAD who had CABG or PCI with DES.
Heavily calcified lesions confer long-term mortality; PCI, CABG outcomes similar
In patients with three-vessel CAD and/or left main disease, those with heavily calcified lesions had elevated long-term mortality risk, which did not vary by assignment to PCI or CABG, according to new data from the SYNTAXES study.
Intravascular lithotripsy safe, effective in complex patients with PAD
In the interim results of the observational DISRUPT PAD III study, intravascular lithotripsy was safe and effective in patients with peripheral artery disease and calcified lesions, researchers reported at VIVA 21.
Vitamin D does not appear to slow vascular calcification progression in CKD
In the course of 18 months, supplementation with cholecalciferol did not attenuate vascular calcification progression in patients with chronic kidney disease and vitamin D insufficiency, though it did restore 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.
Coronary microcalcification activity detected by PET may predict MI
Among patients with advanced established CAD, 18F-sodium fluoride PET may predict MI, according to data presented at the virtual American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.