Vienna, VA (August 13, 2018) — B. Kelly Han, MD, is the recipient of the inaugural 2018 DeHaan Award for Innovation in Cardiology, which includes a $200,000 grant.

Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) identified with cardiac stress PET testing was a better predictor of adverse events among obese patients than body mass index (BMI) and other traditional risk factors, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

A construction worker in China beat the odds—surviving after a 10-foot metal rod impaled his skull and brain, according to a report by the Daily Mail.  

The FDA has ordered a radiology center in a Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, suburb to stop performing low-quality mammograms not meeting FDA standards, according to a report published Aug. 7 by NBC 6 in Miramar.

A 20-year study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Aug. 9 compiled cardiovascular screening exams from more than 11,000 adolescent soccer players in the U.K. It found that routine cardiac imaging tests prevented an insufficient amount of heart-related deaths from physical activity.

The U.S. Preventive Task Force (USPSTF) issued a Grade I recommendation, indicating there is insufficient evidence assessing the benefits and harms of screening for atrial fibrillation (AFib) with electrocardiography (ECG) in patients 65 and older with previously undiagnosed AFib.

Patients without electrocardiographic (ECG) evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy were significantly more likely to die in the two years after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), researchers reported July 30 in Clinical Cardiology.

A group of researchers from a Veterans Affairs health system in California shared their experience with limited left ventricular echocardiography, something they believe could reduce the cost and time required for testing in select patients.