Imaging
From the Journals
Elite soccer players have big hearts and that’s okay
Dataset provides reference standards to answer a question cardiologists face regularly: Is this heart ‘big good’ or ‘big bad?’ Norms are...
News
FDA safety alert: Face masks with metal can burn during MRI
Conference Coverage
SCAPIS: Simple questionnaire can identify silent atherosclerosis
The study found 40% of the middle-aged Swedish population without known heart disease had coronary plaques on CCTA, and those with extensive...
Conference Coverage
Combined OCT, cardiac MRI unravels root cause in most MINOCA
The multimodal imaging strategy has the potential to provide reassurance and clarity for women who present with an MI without a major artery...
Conference Coverage
Radiotherapy planning scans reveal breast cancer patients’ CVD risk
From the Journals
Non-COVID-19 clinical trials grind to a halt during pandemic
Conference Coverage
CT-FFR offers a noninvasive ‘one-stop shop’ for pre-TAVR assessment
The novel technology, coronary CT angiography–derived fractional flow reserve, speeds the TAVR patient’s diagnostic journey.
From the Journals
Stress-induced brain activity linked to chest pain in CAD patients
The brain's reaction to stress may be an important contributor to chest pain in patients with coronary artery disease, according to results of a...
Guidelines
Ultrasound, cardiac CT valuable in COVID-19 assessment
An expert panel of the American College of Cardiology offers evidence-based guidance for evaluating cardiac complications of COVID-19 infections...
Latest News
Internists’ use of ultrasound can reduce radiology referrals
The use of point-of-care ultrasound in internal medicine has been more controversial than in emergency medicine.
From the Journals
Used together, troponin and coronary calcium improve CV risk assessment
Cardiovascular disease risk is more accurately assessed when troponin and coronary calcium are both assessed.