CT and MRI

Case Series | Myocardial injury in patients with acute and subacute Chagas Disease in the Brazilian Amazon using cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

5 Jul, 2022 | 11:47h | UTC

Myocardial Injury in Patients With Acute and Subacute Chagas Disease in the Brazilian Amazon Using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance – Journal of the American Heart Association

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Guideline Synopsis | Evaluation and diagnosis of chest pain.

4 Jul, 2022 | 12:49h | UTC

Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Original Guideline:

2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

News Release: First-Ever Guideline Focused Solely on Chest Pain Evaluation, Diagnosis Released

Guideline Hub: Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain

Key Points: 2021 AHA/ACC Chest Pain Guideline – American College of Cardiology

Commentary: New Chest Pain Guidelines Out at Last: Most Tests Have a Role – TCTMD

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RCT: Effect of MRI-guided fibrosis ablation vs. conventional catheter ablation on atrial arrhythmia recurrence in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.

23 Jun, 2022 | 12:57h | UTC

Effect of MRI-Guided Fibrosis Ablation vs Conventional Catheter Ablation on Atrial Arrhythmia Recurrence in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: The DECAAF II Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

News Release: Global AFib study finds simple approach is best for ablation procedures – Tulane University

 

Commentary on Twitter

Randomized clinical trial of patients with persistent #atrialfibrillation found no significant difference in atrial arrhythmia recurrence in the MRI-guided fibrosis ablation group compared with the pulmonary vein isolation only group. https://t.co/mCyNR4rpTH

— JAMA (@JAMA_current) June 21, 2022

 

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Guidelines for the use of cardiac magnetic resonance in pediatric congenital and acquired heart disease.

22 Jun, 2022 | 11:31h | UTC

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance/European Society of Cardiovascular Imaging/American Society of Echocardiography/Society for Pediatric Radiology/North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging Guidelines for the Use of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Pediatric Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease: Endorsed by The American Heart Association – Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

 

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Prospective head-to-head comparative study: Functional stress imaging to predict abnormal coronary fractional flow reserve.

20 Jun, 2022 | 01:10h | UTC

Functional stress imaging to predict abnormal coronary fractional flow reserve: the PACIFIC 2 study – European Heart Journal

Editorial: Stress imaging versus fractional flow reserve: what comes first—the chicken or the egg? – European Heart Journal

 

Commentary on Twitter

Functional stress imaging to predict abnormal coronary fractional flow reserve: new insights from the PACIFIC 2 study!https://t.co/5N0dOW2Rem#PET #MRI #FFR #CCS #coronary #cardiotwitter @escardio @ESC_Journals pic.twitter.com/WCoA0cOgd9

— EHJ Editor-in-Chief (@ehj_ed) June 17, 2022

Under a https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ license

 

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