Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Societies outline recommendations for hardware and software, training, competency, cross-specialty and collaboration

New ASNC-led Guideline Details How to Use CT in Hybrid Nuclear-CT Cardiac Imaging

September 7, 2022 — The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and three partner societies have come together to ...

September 07, 2022

Prespecified meta-analysis of DELIVER and EMPEROR-Preserved presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Pharmaceuticals

Meta-Analysis Strengthens Evidence for SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients With Heart Failure

September 6, 2022 — An analysis of more than 12,000 patients has found that the SGLT2 inhibitors dapagliflozin and ...

September 06, 2022

Stopping statin treatment early could substantially reduce lifetime protection against heart disease since a large share of the benefit occurs later in life

News | Pharmaceuticals

Study Highlights Lifelong Benefits of Statin Therapy

September 6, 2022 — Stopping statin treatment early could substantially reduce lifetime protection against heart disease ...

September 06, 2022

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SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...

March 21, 2024

Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to research

News | Stroke

Smoking is Even More Damaging to the Heart Than Previously Thought

September 6, 2022 — Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.1 ...

September 06, 2022

Research presented at ESC Congress 2022 supports a causal relationship between air pollution and heart attacks since smokers, who already inhale smoke, were unaffected by dirty air.

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Air Pollution is Associated with Heart Attacks in Non-Smokers

September 6, 2022 — Research presented at ESC Congress 2022 supports a causal relationship between air pollution and ...

September 06, 2022

BOX trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Restrictive Oxygenation in Post Cardiac Arrest Patients is Not Harmful

September 2, 2022 — A restrictive oxygenation target in comatose patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac ...

September 02, 2022

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Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability to diagnose cardiac disease with greater accuracy and precision

Feature | Cardiac Imaging

SPONSORED CONTENT: Finding the Right Solution

Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...

March 05, 2024

DELIVER trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Heart Failure

Dapagliflozin Benefits Patients with Mildly Reduced and Preserved Ejection Fraction

September 2, 2022 — Dapagliflozin reduces the risk of cardiovascular death or worsening heart failure in heart failure ...

September 02, 2022

ADVOR trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Heart Failure

Acetazolamide Improves Decongestion in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

September 2, 2022 — Acetazolamide added to intravenous loop diuretics decreases congestion within three days in patients ...

September 02, 2022

DANCAVAS trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Cardiac Imaging

Cardiovascular Screening May Reduce Risk of Death and Cardiovascular Disease

September 2, 2022 — A randomized trial in more than 45,000 men has suggested that cardiovascular screening including ...

September 02, 2022

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BLOG: Combining Local Impedance with Contact Force to Perform RF Ablation

When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...

December 11, 2023

DANFLU-1 trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Cardiac Imaging

Innovative Randomized Trial Hints at Mortality Benefits with High-Dose Influenza Vaccines

September 2, 2022 — In an innovative, pragmatic randomized trial, high-dose influenza vaccination in older adults was ...

September 02, 2022

News | Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Assessment of Heart Function is Superior to Sonographer Assessment

September 2, 2022 — In patients undergoing echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac function, preliminary assessment by ...

September 02, 2022

REVIVED-BCIS2 trial presented in a Hot Line Session today at ESC Congress 2022

News | Heart Failure

Coronary Stenting Does Not Benefit Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction

September 2, 2022 — Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not reduce all-cause mortality or heart failure ...

September 02, 2022

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TECH BRIEF — Integrated Hemodynamic Monitoring System Helps Improve Lab Performance, Efficiency

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November 14, 2023

More than 30,271 health professionals from 174 countries attended this year’s event, which covered the entire field of cardiovascular medicine at ESC22

News | ESC

Best of ESC Congress 2022

September 1, 2022 — “At ESC Congress in Barcelona, we discussed the newest science in the light of our collective ...

September 01, 2022

Comatose patients admitted to hospital after resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have a significant risk of death and poor neurological outcome due to hypoxic brain injury.

News | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Trial Finds no Benefit of Raising Blood Pressure Target in Post Cardiac Arrest Patients

September 1, 2022 — A target blood pressure of 77 mmHg provides no benefit to survival or neurological outcome in ...

September 01, 2022

ALL-HEART trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

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Allopurinol Does Not Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes in Ischaemic Heart Disease Patients

September 1, 2022 — The gout medicine allopurinol has failed to reduce the primary endpoint of nonfatal myocardial ...

September 01, 2022