Search Tag: coronary artery disease

Cardiology Management

Cardiovascular-imaging-in-special-patient-populations

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

Cardiology Management

Impact-of-cardiac-radiation-on-risk-of-coronary-artery-disease

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

Cardiology Management

Smi-associated-sudden-cardiac-death

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

Cardiology Management

Discordance-between-esc-guidelines-and-actual-treatment-of-cad

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

Cardiology Management

Coronary-artery-disease-comparison-of-revascularisation-techniques

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

Cardiology Management

Initial-noninvasive-testing-for-cad-diagnosis

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

Cardiology Management

Clinical-trials-demonstrate-benefits-of-ifr-compared-to-ffr

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

Cardiology Management

Siemens-healthineers-heartflow-collaborate-to-provide-solution

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

Cardiology Management

Is-pci-safe-for-patients-undergoing-tavr

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

Cardiology Management

22nd-world-congress-on-heart-disease-2017

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

Cardiology Management

Heart-ct-scans-outperform-stress-tests

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

Cardiology Management

Young-women-with-diabetes-have-six-fold-risk-of-heart-attack

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

Cardiology Management

Heart-attack-patients-without-obstructive-cad-at-high-risk-of-residual-angina

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

Cardiology Management

Us-guidance-cardiac-screening-in-low-risk-adults-ineffective

2015 24 Mar

The American College of Physicians has issued new guidance stating that adults without symptoms and who are at low risk of developing coronary artery disease should not be screened for heart disease with resting or stress electrocardiography, stress echocardiography, or stress myocardial perfusion imaging. 1 “Cardiac screening in adults at low risk...Read more

Cardiology Management

Statins-reduce-hospital-admission-for-heart-failure

2015 23 Mar

A meta-analysis of 17 statin trials involving over 100,000 patients shows that statin treatment led to a 10 percent significant reduction in hospital admission for heart failure over an average of four years treatment. The study, reported at the European Atherosclerosis Society Congress, is also published online in The European Heart Journal . "While...Read more

Cardiology Management

Routine-ccta-screening-not-necessary-for-diabetics

2014 20 Nov

In a recent study published in JAMA and presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2014, Joseph B. Muhlestein, MD, and colleagues at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah (USA) examined whether screening patients with diabetes deemed to be at high cardiac risk using coronary computed tomographic angiography...Read more

Cardiology Management

Nonobstructive-cad-linked-to-higher-risk-of-heart-attack-death

2014 04 Nov

The findings of a new U.S. study published in JAMA revealed that those diagnosed with nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) had a remarkably increased risk of heart attack or death one year after diagnosis. The study evaluated heart attack and mortality rates amongst patients with nonobstructive CAD, obstructive CAD, and no apparent CAD. Nonobstructive...Read more

Cardiology Management

Brazilian-congress-of-cardiology-reduce-obesity-increase-exercise

2014 29 Sep

More than 4,000 extra wide seats were made to accommodate Brazil’s increasing obese population during the World Cup this year. Obesity affects nearly 20 percent of the population in Brazil and is currently classified as a disability. This and other cardiovascular issues, such as the overuse of technology, was the focus of the Brazilian Congress of Cardiology,...Read more

Cardiology Management

Esc-2014-diabetes-statin-study

2014 01 Sep

When it comes to cholesterol-lowering statin medications for patients with type 2 diabetes, rosuvastatin may be a better choice than atorvastatin, according to the findings of a new study presented at ESC Congress 2014. “Statins have been shown to slightly increase the risk of new-onset diabetes but few studies have been done to investigate their...Read more

Cardiology Management

Severe-calcification-ups-risk-of-cardiovascular-event

2014 19 Aug

From the early days of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) it became apparent that the presence of severe coronary calcification was a predictor of worse clinical outcomes. In the era of plain old balloon angioplasty, severe coronary calcification was associated with an increased risk of coronary dissection and procedural failure, while in the...Read more