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Coronary CT angiography is commonly used to assess patients at low or intermediate risk of CAD but is less effective in high-risk patients with an increased presence of coronary calcifications and stents due to the “blooming” effect they have on imaging.

The new-look DCB was designed to provide care with a significantly lower drug load than similar devices. 

The FDA's approval of colchicine, which is marketed and sold under the name Lodoco, is expected to have a big impact on cardiac care and outcomes.

While cardiac damage reverses in many patients following treatment, it can actually continue to get worse in others. 

The coroner is concerned that the medication's rare side effects do not receive enough attention when it is prescribed to patients. 

Patient names, addresses, social security numbers and even medical histories were exposed as a result of the attack, which went unnoticed for more than two months. 

Contact force-sensing catheters were developed to help overcome the issue of incomplete ablation lesions.

"Psychologists have had little involvement in the care of cardiac patients but this needs to change," one researcher said in a statement. 

Jonathan Lindner, MD, offers an update on the use of echocardiography and bubble contrast agents in a therapy role to help revascularize STEMI patients and increase drug and gene delivery.