Cardiac Imaging

While cardiac ultrasound is the widely used imaging modality for heart assessments, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear imaging are also used and are often complimentary, each offering specific details about the heart other modalities cannot. For this reason the clinical question being asked often determines the imaging test that will be used.

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Endologix acquires medical device company focused on peripheral artery disease

PQ Bypass, the company Endologix acquired, has gained significant attention for its Detour platform, an investigational treatment for percutaneous femoral-popliteal bypass.

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New guidelines focus on the management of heart failure patients with secondary mitral regurgitation

The Heart Failure Association, European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, European Heart Rhythm Association and European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions all collaborated on the position statement.

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AI model predicts a patient’s risk of death—and all it needs is an X-ray

The AI model, a convolutional neural network, could help age-based risk scores be more accurate than ever before.

CT perfusion a key tool for evaluating stroke patients—but utilization remains low

The analysis, published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, included data from more than 87,000 Medicare patients. 

Championing Alternative PAD Access in the Office-based Lab

Sponsored by Terumo

Improving access is at the center of a pair of new trends in treating peripheral artery disease (PAD). First is the office-based lab (OBL) expanding access to more PAD patients needing therapy, and the second is physicians more often choosing alternative access such as radial, tibial or pedal to treat those patients. Why now?

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FDA grants breakthrough device designation to AI-powered ECG analysis tool

Tempus, a Chicago-based healthcare technology company, collaborated with Geisinger on the solution.

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AI model predicts death from cardiovascular disease, coronary artery disease better than other advanced techniques

The analysis, published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, included clinical data and non-contrast CT findings from more than 66,000 patients. 

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Wearable ECG devices detect AFib among older patients, reducing the risk of stroke

The new study, published in JAMA Cardiology, included more than 800 hypertension patients aged 75 years or older. 

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Use of AI opportunistic screening in CT for cardiovascular disease

Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.

Health Imaging
New imaging protocols proposed to curb rise of cardiovascular infections

Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.