MIBHS

JANUARY 15, 2025

Smoking is a well-known health hazard, contributing to a wide array of diseases and conditions. Its effects on the heart are particularly alarming, as smoking significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and complicates medical procedures such as minimally invasive or bloodless heart surgeries.

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DAIC

OCTOBER 15, 2024

15, 2024 – Elucid has announced that four of the seven Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) will extend coverage for AI-enabled quantitative coronary plaque analysis, including its FDA-cleared PlaqueIQ image analysis software, beginning Nov. In the United States, one person dies every 33 seconds from cardiovascular disease.

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DAIC

JULY 19, 2024

The study evaluated the ability of the Fat Attenuation Index (FAI) Score on routine CCTA to predict cardiovascular outcomes in different socioeconomic classes, ethnicity groups, and in the presence or absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).

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DAIC

JANUARY 17, 2024

At present, machine learning, deep learning, and other AI technologies have been tried to be applied to intelligent diagnostic and decision making, image interpretation, accurate classification, and prognostication of cardiovascular diseases, which has led to broad application prospects and innovation potential.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The reason: They were accumulating plaque in their coronary arteries much earlier than their peers. You can’t have a heart attack if you don’t have plaque in your coronary arteries. And plaque in your coronary arteries is the result of exposure to risk factors over time.

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DAIC

JUNE 18, 2024

The designation recognizes the novelty of the technology and the potential to provide a more effective treatment option for patients with coronary artery disease. The DynamX bioadaptor has a novel design and mechanism of action designed to return the diseased vessel to a more normal condition, through three distinct phases.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 5, 2024

A common feedback I get is that people with existing coronary artery disease feel like it doesn’t apply to them. Arguably, applying the principles of prevention offers more bang for buck in the short term for people WITH coronary artery disease than those without coronary artery disease.

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DAIC

JUNE 4, 2024

Caristo Diagnostics Limited has announced the results of a landmark clinical study published in The Lancet that support the ability of Caristo's CaRi-Heart AI technology to quantify coronary artery inflammation and accurately predict cardiac events. fold higher risk for cardiac mortality and 5.5-fold

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 26, 2023

ApoB The relationship of serum ApoB levels and cardiovascular risk over your lifetime is clear. The greater the cumulative exposure the higher the likelihood of cardiovascular disease. The lower your cumulative ApoB over your lifetime the lower your cardiovascular risk. Subscribe now The inverse then holds true.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

APRIL 30, 2024

Atherosclerosis is characterized by a narrowing of arterial walls and can increase risk of coronary artery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease, or kidney disorders.

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DAIC

JANUARY 25, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Thu, 01/25/2024 - 20:44 January 25, 2024 — Agepha Pharma , a leading multinational pharmaceutical company with the first FDA-approved anti-inflammatory cardiovascular treatment ( LODOCO – colchicine, 0.5 For more information: [link] Related content: U.S.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JUNE 7, 2024

Heart disease is the presence of plaque or atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries. Over a long enough time horizon, pretty much everyone will develop a significant amount of plaque and have a heart attack. On average, they develop serious heart disease about 20 to 25 years later than everyone else 2.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 23, 2024

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Over 80% of early heart disease is preventable. However, most adults will start to develop advanced plaque in their coronary arteries early in life. It kills almost twice as many people globally when compared to all cancers combined. miles 3.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Angiogram No obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease Cannot exclude non-ACS causes of troponin elevation including coronary vasospasm, stress cardiomyopathy, microvascular disease, etc. hours All Hyperacute T-wave and ST Depression is resolved. Echo The estimated left ventricular ejection fraction is 56 %.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JUNE 20, 2024

Giovanna Liuzzo (Italy) revealed that advancements in noninvasive imaging recently allow for direct visualization of coronary atherosclerotic plaques. Dr. Pradeep Natarajan (United States of America) suggested that polygenic risk scores could play a larger role in identifying individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).

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DAIC

MARCH 20, 2024

Lowering both contrast and radiation levels enables more frequent scanning for patients with moderate or stage two and three coronary artery disease. Advanced scanners provide detailed insights into plaque progression and stabilization. By doing so, we can monitor plaque progression or stabilization.

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DAIC

MAY 16, 2024

PAD is a serious, progressive cardiovascular disease primarily caused by a buildup of fatty plaque in the blood vessels, or atherosclerosis. This plaque narrows the blood vessels and reduces blood flow to the legs and feet, which may significantly impair physical function, walking performance and quality of life.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:The role of immune suppressive microenvironment, promulgated by the presence of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC) have been the major focus of research delineating the underlying mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). 3ng/day for 15 days).M-MDSCs 3ng/day for 15 days).M-MDSCs

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Share Let’s first state our goal when we are in the business of ‘Heart Disease Prevention’: To delay the onset of coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis/plaque) that might rupture and cause a heart attack. And the less plaque you have, the lower the risk of a heart attack.

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Stroke Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The identification of a variant in theHDAC9gene as a risk factor for large-artery atherosclerotic stroke, and subsequently coronary artery disease, has opened novel treatment pathways for stroke and more widely atherosclerotic disease. Indirect data support such an approach in man.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

BACKGROUND:Reducing cardiovascular disease burden among women remains challenging. Epidemiologic studies have indicated that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the most common endocrine disease in women of reproductive age, is associated with an increased prevalence and extent of coronary artery disease.

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Cardiology Update

APRIL 9, 2024

Investigators assessed if empagliflozin could lower the risk of hospitalization for heart failure (HF) or death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). These patients were identified to have non-flow-limiting vulnerable coronary plaques through intracoronary imaging.

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Physiologically Speaking

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

link] In older adults, reasons for death often include further cardiovascular issues such as coronary artery disease, increasing the susceptibility to risk of injury or death during high exertion activity. Indeed, 44% of deaths among athletes in the U.S. million hours of vigorous exercise. .”

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Hospital Course The patient was taken emergently to the cath lab which did not reveal any significant coronary artery disease, but she was noted to have reduced EF consistent with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. To prove there is no plaque rupture, you need to do intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). It can only be seen by IVUS.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MAY 31, 2024

The mistake most people make when it comes to heart disease is thinking that when someone has a heart attack that, the condition of ‘heart disease’ just appeared. But heart disease presents slowly. CT Coronary Angiogram. CT Coronary Angiogram. The more plaque, the higher the risk.

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Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a measure of atherosclerosis and a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease. Notably, athletes engaging in very vigorous-intensity exercise are more likely to develop calcified plaques. However, the composition of the plaques in athletes appears to be more benign.

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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2025

a provider of non-invasive artificial intelligence (AI) heart care solutions, and Boone Heart Institute , a Denver area provider of preventive cardiovascular care, has launched the GAMEFILM Registry, a post-market, data collection registry designed to define cardiac risk in retired National Football League (NFL) players. Boone, M.D.,

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Personalized Cardiometabolic Care TRANSFORM Program for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) : The TRANSFORM program focuses on atherosclerosis-based care strategies rather than traditional risk-based approaches.

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