In individuals who have not completed a DEXA scan, head CT conducted for other reasons can offer insight into patients’ frontal bone density, a potential marker of osteoporosis.
Established guidelines recommend biopsying small tumors of the kidney ahead of any procedure to ablate them. A new study confirms the validity of pursuing another pathway.
Alcohol dependence and depression are known to affect the functional connectivity of the brain, but when the two co-occur, connectivity between certain regions is significantly worse, new MRI study shows.
Artificial intelligence also played a large role in discovering how this intricate network of muscle fibers can influence health, experts explained in Nature.
Work-related stress is associated with an increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
These new recovery milestones will allow clinicians to pinpoint whether or not a patient is responding to therapy or making the necessary strides toward rehabilitation.
Three-year data from the BIOFLOW-V trial, presented Feb. 23 at the 2020 CRT Congress in National Harbor, Md., reinforce the status of Biotronik’s Orsiro drug-eluting stent as superior to the popular Xience stent.
An analysis of PARTNER 2 data published in the New England Journal of Medicine Jan. 29 suggests five-year post-op outcomes are similar among heart patients who undergo either transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement.
Results from the late-breaking TWILIGHT trial suggest that, among high-risk patients who have undergone PCI and completed three months of dual antiplatelet therapy, it’s safer to continue treatment with ticagrelor alone rather than add aspirin to that cocktail.
Patients with severe aortic stenosis who undergo TAVR enjoy a minor but significant sustained health benefit that isn’t mirrored in patients who opt for surgical AVR, according to research reported at TCT 2019 in San Francisco.
