Open surgical bypass is the gold standard, but endovascular therapies may provide value for high-risk patients with long femoropopliteal lesions.
New findings highlight the lingering issue of gender inequity in the field, the effects of which extend well beyond career growth for women.
Promoting preventive care among young adult men during critical periods of their life may be the key to reducing rates of cardiovascular disease.
STS late-breaking study found BITA and SITA+RA have similar long-term survival, but age plays a role in which to choose.
Patients with this specific subtype of severe aortic stenosis, which can sometimes be challenging to diagnose, face a number of additional risks.
Microrobots guided by an MRI eradicate liver cancer
The technique was successful in a proof-of-concept animal study, but human trials are a long way off.
Anticoagulants after TAVR: 5-year survival data favor DOACs over VKAs
However, that one finding does not tell the whole story. Researchers also found that DOACs may increase a TAVR patient's risk of a disabling stroke.
Targeting coronary inflammation helps cardiologists provide better care
Michael Garshick, MD, examines the role of inflammation in coronary disease development, detailing how this risk factor can be detected and treated.
Low field 0.55T MRI images as diagnostically useful as 1.5T for abdominal scans
Researchers from the University of Michigan scanned 52 patients at multiple field strengths to make the comparison.
Micro-CT used to scan mysterious wormlike reptiles
The underground life of an Amphisbaenia has not been easy to study.
New American College of Cardiology registry focuses on data from outpatient ambulatory surgical centers
The ACC launched its latest registry knowing that volumes at these outpatient facilities are expected to rise in the years ahead.
Error rates in radiology have not changed in 75 years
Radiology report reading errors are as prevalent as ever. Michael Bruno, MD, of Penn State Hershey Medical Center says it's time for that to change.
MRI overutilized in prostate cancer screening, study finds
MRI scans rarely detect prostate cancer even in men marked as having an elevated risk, calling into question current clinical guidelines.
