By Ahmed El-Medany This research by Shenoy et al included 903 individuals undergoing CMRI for suspected cardiac tumour. The cardiac MRI diagnosis of ‘no mass’…
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By M Azram et al Taken directly from European Heart Journal – Digital Health There is a lack of studies validating the use of handheld devices…
View More Clinical Validation and Evaluation of the novel six lead handheld ECG recorder compared to the 12 lead ECG in unselected cardiology patients (EVALECG Cardio)
By AJ Gray et alTaken directly from BMJ In intermediate risk patients with acute chest pain and suspected acute coronary syndrome, early CT coronary angiography…
View More Early CTCA in patients with suspected ACS: RCT – results
Taken directly from European Heart Journal Many cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are not approved by regulators for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which makes patient access…
View More Reducing barriers to MRI in patients with CIEDs
By Saadia Aslam This expert consensus document reviews current insight into the underlying pathophysiology and available methods for assessing viability. In particular the document reviews…
View More Multimodality imaging of myocardial viability: An expert consensus document from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)
By Syed Ghias Take Home Messages Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is a well-established non-invasive diagnostic modality which reliably rules out obstructive coronary artery disease…
View More Utility of CT coronary angiography in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome
By Ahmed El-Medany In a case series of 23 male patients, by Montgomery et al (2021), myocarditis was identified within 4 days of administration of…
View More Myocarditis recognised rare adverse association with COVID-19 vaccine
By Ahmed El-Medany Presented by Prof Tim Chico, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist and Professor of Cardiovascular medicine, University of Sheffield. The Digital Innovation in Cardiology session…
View More The ECHOES cardiovascular digital twin: the brain assist device needed to make sense of data overload?
By Ahmed El-Medany Presented by Prof O’Regan, MRC Investigator and Consultant Radiologist, Imperial College London The Digital Innovation in Cardiology session at BCS 2021 was…
View More Artificial Intelligence, precision phenotyping and risk prediction in cardiomyopathy
Taken directly from the American College of Cardiology A summary by Sarah Kohnstamm, MD, FACC Quick Takes This meta-analysis set out to answer the prevalence of…
View More Prevalence of LA thrombus despite guideline directed anticoagulation – results from a meta-analysis