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Former NBA player Muggsy Bogues, who also acted in the 1996 film Space Jam, is one of many athletes now participating in the registry. "I’ve lost too many friends to cardiovascular disease," he said. 

Radiology technologists starts an IV for a patient on a CT scanner at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Photo by Dave Fornell

Total plaque volume and total plaque burden can help find patients who may be closer to suffering a heart attack than they realize.

Researchers in the U.K. from Newcastle University, University of Leeds, and the University of East Anglia found they could use cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) T2 intracardiac blood pool data to create imaging-derived SvO2 (iSvO2) noninvasively.

Advanced imaging may be able to help certain heart patients avoid the risks and discomfort associated with right heart catheterizations.

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An investigational device could help interventional cardiologists avoid the limitations of drug-eluting stents, according to a new analysis published in JACC

Nathaniel Lebowitz, MD, in charge of preventive cardiology at Hackensack University Medical Center, and assistant professor of internal medicine at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, gives an overview of where things are at with lipoprotein (a) awareness, testing and drug development. He and is working on the American Heart Associations (AHA) Lp(a) Discovery Project to expand awareness to both physicians and patients. #AHA #LPA

Cardiologist Nathaniel Lebowitz, MD, reviews the latest updates in lipoprotein(a) awareness, testing and drug development.

REVENUE MONEY INCREASE DOLLAR GRAPH FINANCE

It was another strong quarter for Edwards Lifesciences as the company's TAVR platform continues to gain momentum. The FDA's approval of multiple Edwards valves for the treatment of asymptomatic severe AS represents a potential game-changer for the entire industry. 

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Follow-up care after a successful heart transplant can be challenging—both for providers and their patients. Consider, for example, the fact that so many patients who develop complications never actually present with symptoms.  

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