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Independent and Incremental Value of ECG Markers for Prediction of Cancer Therapy‐Related Cardiac Dysfunction

Journal of the American Heart Association

APRIL 16, 2025

BackgroundStrategies to estimate risk of cancer therapyrelated cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) before initiating cardiotoxic cancer treatment are needed. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. Quantitative measurements of ECG waveform parameters were performed using MUSE (GE Healthcare).

Cancer

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ACE Inhibitor Not Protective Against Heart Damage from Chemotherapy

DAIC

APRIL 9, 2024

Anthracyclines are a well-established class of cancer drugs that are used to treat several types of cancer. While they are effective at eradicating cancer, they are known to carry a risk of causing damage to the heart muscle.

ACE Inhibitor

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Artificial Intelligence–Enhanced Risk Stratification of Cancer Therapeutics–Related Cardiac Dysfunction Using Electrocardiographic Images

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

BACKGROUND:Risk stratification strategies for cancer therapeuticsrelated cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) rely on serial monitoring by specialized imaging, limiting their scalability. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Volume 18, Issue 1 , Page e011504, January 1, 2025. positive screen), respectively. fold and 13.5-fold

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Fujifilm Introduces First-of-its-Kind Transducer for On-Pump Intracardiac Echocardiography Imaging (OPIE) for Septal Myectomy

DAIC

APRIL 29, 2024

A study featuring Fujifilm’s OPIE Transducer highlights that the system provides established imaging to aid in septal myectomy procedures compared to TEE and transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE).

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How to Use Imaging: Complex Cases of Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Inflammation, and Cardiomyopathy in Cardio-Oncology

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

JANUARY 8, 2025

It is well understood that cancer therapies including chemotherapy, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and radiation can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with cancer. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Ahead of Print.

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What do you call fluid collection around the heart?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 25, 2024

This occurs most commonly in cancer (malignant pericardial effusion). Usually it is cancer of other organs spreading to the pericardium (secondary) rather than primary cancer of the pericardium which is very rare (mesothelioma). This may include medications, radiation, and surgery, depending on the type of cancer.

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Chest X-Rays’ Cardiovascular Screening Potential

CardiacWire

APRIL 3, 2024

The researchers developed their ‘CXR CVD-Risk’ model using chest X-rays sourced from a cancer screening trial, and then externally validated the AI model against 11,000 patients’ CXRs. Among the patients with unknown ASCVD risks, those who received a 7.5%

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Chest Pain and Inferior ST Elevation.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 17, 2018

A middle-aged patient with lung cancer had presented to clinic complaining of generalized malaise, cough, and chest pain. Symptoms other than chest pain (malaise, cough in a cancer patient) 2. Exclusion criteria were age less than 18, SBP less than 100 mmHg, echocardiogram with EF less than 50%, STEMI, pregnancy, and trauma.

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The Computer and Overreading Cardiologist call this completely normal. Is it?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

EKG initially negative but repeat shows a few T wave abnormalities… There is a chance this could be non-cardiac pain” At 1518, an echocardiogram showed normal LV size and systolic function with hypokinesis of the mid and distal anterior wall and the mid and distal septum.

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Novel Radiotracer Produces High Quality Images of “Alzheimer’s Disease of the Heart”

DAIC

JUNE 11, 2024

Therefore, the ability to detect cardiac amyloidosis early is critical,” noted Jonathan Wall , PhD, director of the Amyloidosis and Cancer Theranostics Program and professor at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Abstract 4140751: “A silent death: Right heart clot in transit” Acute sub-massive pulmonary embolism

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

An 84-year-old male with a history of prostate cancer not on chemotherapy presented to the ED with complaints of shortness of breath worse on exertion ongoing for 1 week accompanied by generalized malaise. Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4140751-A4140751, November 12, 2024.

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Cardiac events and dynamic echocardiographic and electrocardiogram changes following osimertinib treatment in lung cancer

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Osimertinib is first-line treatment for epidermal growth factor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and has been associated with cardiotoxicity. Retrospective analysis of NSCLC patients with 1 echocardiogram post-osimertinib between 2007 and 2022 was performed.

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Independent and Incremental Value of ECG Markers for Prediction of Cancer Therapy‐Related Cardiac Dysfunction

ACE Inhibitor Not Protective Against Heart Damage from Chemotherapy

Artificial Intelligence–Enhanced Risk Stratification of Cancer Therapeutics–Related Cardiac Dysfunction Using Electrocardiographic Images

Webinars

Fujifilm Introduces First-of-its-Kind Transducer for On-Pump Intracardiac Echocardiography Imaging (OPIE) for Septal Myectomy

How to Use Imaging: Complex Cases of Atherosclerosis, Myocardial Inflammation, and Cardiomyopathy in Cardio-Oncology

What do you call fluid collection around the heart?

Chest X-Rays’ Cardiovascular Screening Potential

Chest Pain and Inferior ST Elevation.

The Computer and Overreading Cardiologist call this completely normal. Is it?

Novel Radiotracer Produces High Quality Images of “Alzheimer’s Disease of the Heart”

Abstract 4140751: “A silent death: Right heart clot in transit” Acute sub-massive pulmonary embolism

Cardiac events and dynamic echocardiographic and electrocardiogram changes following osimertinib treatment in lung cancer

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