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Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Due to Coronary Embolism Clarified by Cardiac Computed Tomography

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Ahead of Print.

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Impact of Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification on the Diagnostic Performance of PET-Based Perfusion Scans Using 82Rubidium

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 17, Issue 1 , Page e016138, January 1, 2024. BACKGROUND:Guidelines propose the inclusion of quantitative measurements from82Rubidium positron emission tomography (RbPET) to discriminate obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).

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Why Waiting Until Age 50 To Address Risk Factors For Heart Disease Is Too Late.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

mmol/l (130 mg/dl) or below, between 20-50% will already have coronary artery disease. As HBA1c increases, even in the normal range, the probability of coronary artery disease increases. Circulation. For HBA1c, the trend is similar. Remember, these are all in the ‘normal’ range.

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What is athlete’s heart?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

A multimodality imaging approach to differentiate physiological changes due to athlete’s heart from significant cardiac ailment has been suggested by an expert consensus from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. These are useful in suspected myocardial diseases like cardiomyopathy and myocarditis.

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Robust Diagnostic Accuracy and Prognostic Utility in Analyses from Large Scale Clinical Trials

DAIC

milla1cf Thu, 03/28/2024 - 07:00 March 28, 2024 — Cleerly , the company on a mission to create a new standard of care to aid in the diagnosis of heart disease, shared findings from a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging on March 13, 2024. Circulation.

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Comparative Effectiveness of PET and SPECT MPI for Predicting Cardiovascular Events After Kidney Transplant

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 17, Issue 1 , Page e015858, January 1, 2024. BACKGROUND:Advanced chronic kidney disease is associated with high cardiovascular risk, even after kidney transplant. Normal PET was associated with the lowest risk of MACE (2.2%/year year versus 3.6%/year

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Sex-Specific Association Between Perivascular Inflammation and Plaque Vulnerability

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 17, Issue 2 , Page e016178, February 1, 2024. Women were older (median age, 71 versus 65 years;P<0.001) and had less severe coronary artery disease with a lower plaque burden than men. Hounsfield units; moderate inflammation, −73.0 Hounsfield units).RESULTS:A

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