The estimation of myocardial flow reserve using positron emission tomography may help identify patients with ischemic heart failure who would have improved outcomes with early coronary artery bypass grafting vs percutaneous coronary intervention.
A significant subset of patients with severe aortic stenosis showed increased left ventricular diastolic pressure after undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Wearable technologies that include digital and automated health, as well as telehealth, are expected to be well integrated into cardiovascular care in the next 5 years.
A structural abnormality on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging may be a predictor of major adverse cardiac events in patients with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia/sudden cardiac death.
18F-sodium fluoride coronary positron emission tomography may help predict the development of myocardial infarction in patients with advanced coronary artery disease.
The promotion of arrhythmias in myocytes by mesenchymal stromal cells isolated from failing human hearts, which were found to produce high levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), was abated in the presence of anti-IL-6 monoclonal antibodies.
