Due to the ongoing shortage of CT contrast media, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology says to consider SPECT or PET as alternatives for patients scheduled for CT angiography.
While the shortage continues, hospitals can get some supply allocated on a case-by-case basis by reaching out to GE Healthcare, the American Hospital Association advised.
A cardiologist in Venezuela was caught moonlighting as a hacker and ransomware designer, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
In the ARIC cohort and the U.K. Biobank, a pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant for inherited cardiomyopathy was identified in around 0.7%, and affected individuals were at increased risk of heart failure, atrial fibrillation (Afib), and early death. (JAMA Cardiology)
Also, for people with early-onset Afib who turned out to have rare variants in genes related to cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia, death may occur earlier. (JAMA Cardiology)
Student athletes remained at low risk of cardiac adverse events 1 year after SARS-CoV-2 infection, a registry shows. (Circulation)
COVID-19 strokes may be attributed to clots in the pulmonary veins becoming dislodged, one group suggests. (Stroke)
FDA approved Medtronic’s Onyx Frontier drug-eluting stent, which gives the stent platform of the older Resolute Onyx a better delivery system, the manufacturer announced.
Research suggests the definition of aortic stenosis severity may require different echocardiographic criteria between sexes, given differences in left ventricular remodeling and hemodynamics between men and women. (JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging)
In the CT work-up for TAVR, CT-derived fractional flow reserve has potential to help detect coronary artery disease without the need for additional invasive coronary angiography. (JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions)
Observational data linked PDE5 inhibitor medications with better cardiovascular outcomes for men with erectile dysfunction. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes)
Should we look to the gut microbiome to monitor individual responses to statin therapy? (Med)
A Google Fitbit analysis suggests a consistent trajectory of alternating periods of quickening and slowing heart rates in COVID-19. (Frontiers in Physiology)
Minnesota’s years-long statewide media and clinician education program ultimately failed to improve aspirin utilization among residents. (JAMA Network Open)
An unusual case of esophageal perforation leading to a fish bone puncturing the anterior wall of the pericardium. (European Heart Journal)
In mice, obesity in pregnancy increased the risk of heart disease in offspring by altering fetal cardiac expression of a metabolism-related gene. (Journal of Physiology)
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com
