In fact, drinking decaffeinated coffee was associated with a significant increase in heart failure risk.

The team behind the new-look valves hope their design will limit blood clots and boost patient care. 

The guidance, published in full in the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, includes updates to previous CCTA recommendations and was designed to answer common questions.

There was a significant reduction in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. 

“To our knowledge, this is the first report of prosthetic aortic valve thrombosis associated with COVID-19 infection,” the authors wrote.

The study's authors reviewed data from more than 1.8 million patients, confirming that PCI is still safe and effective when a patient has cancer. 

As the coronavirus resurges and mutates, healthcare leaders are striving not just to contain infection but also to avoid a repeat of the financial devastation many hospitals suffered in 2020 when their facilities closed to nonemergent care.

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Such unwarranted fluctuations could have downstream implications affecting repeat imaging, medical costs and quality, Brigham and Women's experts noted.