In a small group of patients, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging provided clues to myocarditis diagnosis and outcomes.  Positive “Lake Louise criteria” (LL) was associated with improved left ventricular function recovery, while patients with a negative LL still had lower ejection fraction (EF) at 12 months.

AliveCor, Inc. announced today the launch of the latest version of the AliveECG app, which provides patients with free real-time atrial fibrillation (AF) detection in ECG recordings using its new FDA-cleared algorithm. The new app helps patients and physicians manage existing conditions with intelligent, personalized and easy-to-use new features.

Germany's ground-breaking use of CT scanners in ambulances to assess for possible stroke inspired one program in Houston to follow suit. Supporters predict it will transform care in the future. 

AliveCor, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company clearance for its algorithm to detect atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia. 

Delayed-enhancement cardiac MR (DE-CMR) one day may be used to guide reablation procedures to treat atrial fibrillation if results from a feasibility and proof-of-concept study pan out. The study showed DE-CMR accurately identified and localized gaps in patients being reablated because of recurrences.

Prolonged electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring in patients with cryptogenic stroke improved the detection of atrial fibrillation by a factor of five compared with standard 24-hour monitoring, results published June 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine showed. Detection changed anticoagulation treatment as well.

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is often not reported in pulmonary CT angiography studies, requiring CAC assessment by radiologists in demographics at risk, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

A new Web-based platform that analyzes multimodal signals may help make electrophysiological data easier to evaluate and incorporate into clinical research, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.