Imaging
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Coffee drinking linked to lower subclinical atherosclerosis
Key clinical point: Light to moderate coffee drinking is associated with decreased coronary artery calcium, an indicator of subclinical...
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Poor response to statins predicts growth in plaque
Key clinical point: Patients on statins who had minimal LDL-C lowering also showed increased atheroma progression. Major finding: Of 647 patients...
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Zero coronary calcium means very low 10-year event risk
Key clinical point: A coronary artery calcium score of 0 appears to trump the 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk estimator...
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Emergency cardiac echocardiography accepted by Europeans
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How physicians are using ‘the power of zero’ in primary prevention
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Early mitral-valve repair dampens tricuspid-valve regurgitation
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Insulin glargine shows cardiac safety in ORIGIN-ECHO
Key clinical point: The cardiac safety of insulin glargine in dysglycemic patients at high cardiovascular risk has received strong support from a...
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VIDEO: Focused cardiac ultrasound aids acute heart failure patients
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VIDEO: CT and 3D-echo imaging boost TAVR performance
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FDA clears noninvasive method of obtaining FFR measurements
Conference Coverage
Annual echo an option for cardiac allograft vasculopathy screening
Key clinical point: Annual dobutamine stress echocardiography to screen heart transplant recipients for cardiac allograft vasculopathy is an...