People with severe but stable ischemic heart disease don’t benefit any more from invasive CV procedures than they do from optimal medical therapy and lifestyle changes alone, according to results from the highly anticipated ISCHEMIA trial.

A “CTA-for-All” stroke imaging policy improved LVO detection, fast-tracked intervention and improved outcomes in a recent study of patients with acute ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke.

Coronary artery calcium scoring has proven to be more predictive of cardiovascular risk than any other biomarker, but quantifying scores via imaging remains a time-consuming and labor-intensive task.

Radiologists from the Netherlands believe deep learning can significantly impact cardiac MRI analysis in the not so distant future, sharing their thoughts in a piece published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

California-based tech company HeartVista announced Oct. 29 it had received FDA clearance for its AI-assisted One Click cardiac MRI acquisition software.

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found non-invasive myocardial cardiac MRI performed on par with invasive FFR—once considered the "gold standard" for patients with stable chest pain.

Urine flow rate-guided hydration, as opposed to left ventricular end-diastolic pressure-guided hydration, could prevent more complications in CKD patients who are at a high risk for contrast-induced kidney injury.

Researchers have developed a point-of-care smartphone app that helps physicians ID cardiac implanted electrical devices in urgent or emergent settings, according to a study published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.