An example of a noninvasive coronary CT scan on the left and an invasive angiogram of the same patient on the right from a recent RSNA study. The CT shows more information on the calcified nature of the plaque and shows more anatomical information beyond what the angiogram provides. Image courtesy of RSNA
The new analysis focused on data from 16 different European countries.
David Bennett with two of his physical therapists at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Surgeons transplanted a modified pig heart into Bennett on Jan. 7. Image courtesy of UMMC.
The 57-year-old patient is working with physical therapists on a daily basis, according to a recent update from the University of Maryland Medical Center.
“Good harmony” is the way John P. Erwin III, MD, describes the synergy of the 2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease (VHD) released in August along with the ACC/AHA guidelines that rolled in December 2020.
Cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) can be used to significantly improve mortality and hospitalization rates among older heart failure patients. CRT-D illustration courtesy of Boston Scientific.
The study's authors said CRT use among older patients represents a "major gap in knowledge."
The American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology have both shared new statements in support of Ukraine as the violent war in that country continues to escalate.
The American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology have both issued new statements in support of Ukraine as war in that country continues.
