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GE Healthcare Launches New Cardiac PET tracer

DAIC

In 2024, the FDA approved Flyrcado for patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), delivering higher diagnostic efficacy compared to single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) i myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), the predominant procedure used in nuclear cardiology today. 2023 Oct, 82 (16) 15981610.

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Heart Health Made Simple—No Specialist Required.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

You might have to pay to exercise that choice, but simply complaining that you have been ‘assigned’ a primary doctor will not help YOU here. List vital measurements—eg Weight, Height, BMI etc. The clinical consultation should not be a data-gathering exercise; most of that should be done prior. But you do.

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Physiology Friday #199: High-Intensity Interval Training Reduces Coronary Artery Plaque

Physiologically Speaking

Exercise prevents and reverses cardiovascular disease, but whether high-intensity exercise training (HIIT) is safe and effective for adults after minimally invasive heart surgery is unknown. Exercise is a wonder drug for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and reversal. Cardiac rehab works wonders.

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Expert Perspective: The Obesity Paradox with Salvatore Carbone, PhD

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1] These individuals tend to have a better prognosis when compared to both individuals with normal weight (BMI of 18.5

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The First 60 Minutes of a Heart Attack: The Golden Hour

Wellnest

It’s essential for those at risk of coronary artery disease to be aware of the following symptoms. High cholesterol levels can clog your arteries, increasing the risk of coronary artery disease and heart attack. Keeping your healthy weight as per your BMI will lessen the risks. Manage diabetes.

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A study on the intervention effect of a case management model that breaks through spatiotemporal characteristics in home-based phase II exercise rehabilitation post PCI

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the effect of a case management model that breaks through the temporal and spatial characteristics on the at-home phase II exercise rehabilitation of postoperative patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).MethodsWe