Search Tag: coronary artery disease
2024 11 Dec
Coronary artery disease (CAD) and liver cirrhosis are leading global causes of mortality, sharing common risk factors such as obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. In 2020, CAD affected 244.11 million people and caused 8.95 million deaths, while liver cirrhosis impacted 122.60 million individuals and resulted in 1.32 million deaths in 2017. Liver...Read more
2024 27 Nov
A groundbreaking study led by researchers at University College London (UCL), Imperial College London, and the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences has revealed that dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) may be driven by the combined influence of thousands of genetic variations rather than a single faulty gene as previously believed. The findings, published in...Read more
2024 10 Nov
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death across the globe, presenting a continual challenge to healthcare systems. As diagnostic technology progresses, there is an increasing opportunity to enhance the precision and effectiveness of tools used to detect and monitor heart conditions. One such advancement is the updated REFINE...Read more
2024 14 Oct
COVID-19 has been linked to an increased risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE), including heart attacks, strokes, and all-cause mortality. However, the long-term duration and underlying factors contributing to this elevated cardiovascular risk after a COVID-19 infection remain unclear. A recent study led by Cleveland Clinic and the University...Read more
2024 30 Apr
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is commonly used to detect coronary stenosis and plaque but lacks functional information that is important for treatment decisions. Invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) is the gold standard for assessing haemodynamic significance, but its use is limited due to invasiveness and costs. Noninvasive FFR estimation from...Read more
2024 25 Apr
Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) is recommended as a non-invasive imaging method for assessing coronary artery disease (CAD), particularly for patients with low to intermediate risk. It provides detailed information about coronary vessel lumen and wall characteristics, which is not available with invasive methods like catheter coronary...Read more
2024 17 Apr
In a recent study conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital and published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, researchers investigated the impact of CT fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) analysis on patients with significant coronary artery stenosis. The study, conducted between August 2020 and August 2021, focused on patients who underwent...Read more
2023 22 Jul
Cardiovascular disease remains a major worldwide public health problem and despite significant advances in diagnosis and treatment, coronary artery disease represents the leading cause of death in the developed world. In some specific patient populations, such as including subjects with asymptomatic CAD, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and kidney or...Read more
2023 22 Jul
Cardiovascular disease remains a major worldwide public health problem and despite significant advances in diagnosis and treatment, coronary artery disease represents the leading cause of death in the developed world. In some specific patient populations, such as including subjects with asymptomatic CAD, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and kidney or...Read more
2020 27 Jan
Over the years, there has been significant progress in the treatment of children with cancer. This has resulted in an increase in the number of cancer survivors living into adulthood. However, significant impact has been observed on the long-term health of these individuals, with many of them experiencing chronic health issues related to previous treatment....Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Nuclear cardiology is a promising field located between research, imaging, and patient care. Through close interdisciplinary cooperation, a variety of cardiovascular diseases (eg coronary artery, inflammatory and infiltrative cardiac diseases) can not only be investigated, but also efficiently treated in daily clinical routine. What...Read more
2019 25 Jul
A study published in JAMA Cardiology aimed to measure the prevalence of silent myocardial infarction (SMI) in patients that have had a sudden cardiac death (SCD) with no other history of coronary artery disease (CAD). SCD is responsible for 50% of cardiac deaths, with CAD being the most common cause. As SCD is usually the first occurrence of any...Read more
2019 08 Jul
Nuclear stress tests reveal an increased risk of cardiac-related deaths in patients with diabetes, a new study in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging confirms. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) uses radioisotopes and a special camera to capture how efficiently blood is flowing through the heart under stress....Read more
2019 22 May
How and where can precision medicine and public health join forces to improve patient care and outcomes and, ultimately, lead to more efficient healthcare. HealthManagement.org spoke to four precision medicine experts for their views. You might also like: Precision Medicine: the future of health Tienush Rassaf Department Head...Read more
2019 24 Jan
There is significant clinical evidence that suggests a strong association between low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol with risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) events and the reduction of cardiovascular events in secondary prevention. Based on this evidence, the European Society of Cardiology incorporated low-density lipoprotein targets...Read more
2017 21 Sep
Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting benefit from a lower risk of repeat revascularisation; however, if a patient wishes to avoid the morbidity associated with surgical revascularisation, percutaneous coronary intervention is a safe and effective alternative, according to a systematic review published in JAMA Cardiology. In patients...Read more
2017 10 Apr
The use of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) to evaluate suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) is associated with greater use of preventive cardiac medications and invasive cardiac procedures, including coronary revascularisation, compared with functional testing. These findings are from a new Danish study published in Journal of the...Read more
2017 22 Mar
The DEFINE FLAIR and iFR Swedeheart studies establish that iFR offers a faster procedure while almost completely eliminating severe patient symptoms as compared to FFR. - Patient outcome data from the DEFINE FLAIR and iFR Swedeheart trials, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has potential to positively impact the use and adoption...Read more
2017 16 Mar
• Global agreement allows companies to develop integrated, noninvasive care solutions for improved management of coronary artery disease patients • The collaboration’s joint solution pairs CT scanners from Siemens Healthineers with the HeartFlow FFRct Analysis Siemens Healthineers and HeartFlow, Inc. have entered into a global...Read more
2017 24 Jan
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in addition to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with concomitant severe aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease (CAD) is safe and does not increase procedural risk, according to a systematic review published in the journal Heart & Lung. See Also : Towards Optimal Management...Read more
2017 14 Jul
The Congress will provide the opportunity for a comprehensive overview of the latest research developments in cardiovascular medicine, primarily in the areas of molecular biology, coronary artery disease, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac surgery. Plans for this CME meeting are progressing extremely well. Many distinguished cardiologists...Read more
2015 02 Nov
According to the findings of a comparative study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins, noninvasive CT scans of the heart's vessels are more effective at spotting clogged arteries than exercise stress tests. The report is published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. The study included 391 patients aged 45 to 85 years from 16 hospitals in...Read more
2015 20 Oct
A new European randomised study ( DISCHARGE ) aims to determine whether computed tomography (CT) can replace cardiac catheterisation in evaluating patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Marc Dewey, Heisenberg Professor of Radiology at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin, coordinates the study, taking place at 25 clinical...Read more
2015 04 Oct
In most patients who are referred for work-up of suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD) by non-invasive cardiac imaging, one single imaging technique is often adequate, according to an article appearing in the journal Cor et Vasa , published by the Czech Society of Cardiology. For instance, MRI is able to provide information about morphology...Read more
2015 20 Sep
Cardiac imaging growth has been on the decline over the past 10 years, indicating increased adherence to appropriate use criteria (AUC) for imaging tests, according to a Leadership Page article in the Journal of American College of Cardiology . "Physicians who have been provided with AUC data on their imaging use have recognised their shared responsibility...Read more
2015 31 Aug
Women aged 45 years and under with diabetes have a six-fold risk of heart attack, according to research presented at ESC Congress. The study in more than 7 000 women also found that young women who had a heart attack (myocardial infarction, MI) were more likely to be smokers than older women with MI. “Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) affect mainly the...Read more
2015 23 Aug
According to new research published in the European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, patients without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) have the same risk of angina as those with obstructive CAD. The researchers observe that patients are at a significant risk of incurring residual angina following a heart attack even...Read more
2015 17 Aug
According to Dutch researchers, coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) combined with calcium scoring can noninvasively rule out coronary artery disease (CAD) in about half of women with atypical chest pain who are at relatively low risk for CAD. Their study, published in Journal of Women's Health , shows that the combined method is a good...Read more