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Author(s):
Payam Pournazari
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Su Min Chang
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Stephen H Little
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1 year ago
Author(s):
Frank J Rybicki
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3 years ago
Most advances in cardiac computed tomography (CT), particularly coronary CT angiography (CTA), have come from the development of protocols consistent with rapid incremental improvements in CT technology. The evolution of cardiac CT from early technology has been paralleled with evolving protocols that have extended cardiac CT beyond the imaging of coronary arteries alone: current applications…
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Author(s):
David Holmes Jr
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3 years ago
Percutaneous coronary revascularization has revolutionized modern cardiovascular care. It has become one of the most well-studied and frequently performed procedures in modern medicine and is currently performed in more than 900,000 patients per year, exceeding the rate of coronary bypass surgery. It is used in an increasingly large number of patient subsets and used to treat an increasingly…
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Author(s):
Joost Daemen
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Nicolas M Van Mieghem
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6 months ago
What's hot at TCT 2023?
In this episode of View from the Thoraxcenter, Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem and Dr Joost Daemen (Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, NL) preview the late-breaking data presented at TCT 2023.
With their dynamic analysis, these anticipated trials are placed in context, highlighting the real-world implications tied to the data releases.
Top trials covered:
00:31 - 02:12: PARTNER 3 Low…
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Author(s):
Adam E Saltman
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3 years ago
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF), the chaotic and disorganized activity of the upper chambers of the heart, is the most common cardiac rhythm disturbance. It affects approximately 1% of the US population, or almost three million people. It occurs more frequently in the aged, affecting about 5% of people over 70 and as many as 10% of people over the age of 80. AF is also considered to…
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Author(s):
Jaffar M Khan
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Toby Rogers
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Adam B Greenbaum
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3 years ago
Author(s):
W Kevin Tsai
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Kathleen M Holohan
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Kim Allan Williams
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3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents a tremendous financial and health burden as the leading cause of death in the US.1 Acute coronary syndrome and its subsequent manifestations, including heart failure and need for cardiac transplantation, are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Hypertension, dyslipidemia, tobacco abuse, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and family history…
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Author(s):
Sahar S Abdelmoneim
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Sharon L Mulvagh
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3 years ago
Several advances in the field of echocardiography have led to improvements in the accuracy of stress echocardiography (SE) and further strengthened its established diagnostic and prognostic role in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). 1,2 In addition to its role in CAD, SE can be used to assess the severity of valvular heart disease and for detection of occult pulmonary…
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Author(s):
Michael T Cain
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Michael S Firstenberg
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Joseph C Cleveland Jr
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Mirvat Alasnag
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Waqar Ahmed
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Ibrahim Al-Nasser
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2 years ago