The demand is especially great for asymptomatic individuals of all races and ethnicities.

Researchers examined decades of data from more than 5,000 patients, sharing their findings in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Upgrading to dual-source, dual-energy CT machines cut average pediatric scan times from around 12 seconds to three seconds or less at two sites of an academic emergency department.

In the study, patients who had recovered from an COVID infection were injected with a small amount of the 89Zr-labeled radiotracer before undergoing a uExplorer PET/CT scan.

An international team of researchers, led by specialists from Cleveland Clinic, found that DAPT was consistently linked to a greater risk of major or life-threatening bleeding events. 

Experts at MIT have developed ultrasound stickers that can be worn in the same manner as a Band-Aid while also producing diagnostic quality images in real-time.

Researchers from Cleveland Clinic reviewed data from more than 400 patients, presenting their findings in the American Journal of Cardiology.

"To say we are proud of what this means for our patients and the medical community at large, is an understatement," the patient's cardiologist said.