Reintroducing Echocardiography During COVID-19: Guidance From ASE
With the initial surge of COVID-19 pandemic easing across the United States, safe reintroduction of cardiovascular diagnostic imaging will be crucial.
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Multi-Society Guidelines on the Use of Multimodality CV Imaging in Competitive Athletes
A set of guidelines regarding the use of multimodality cardiovascular imaging in young adult competitive athleteswas formulated by an expert writing group.
Recommendations on the Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography for Patients With COVID-19 in Critical Care
Transesophageal echocardiography was considered to be a valuable tool for the assessment and management of patients with COVID-19 in critical care.
FDA Approves Software That Allows HCPs Without Prior Experience to Perform Cardiac Ultrasound
The FDA has authorized marketing of Caption Guidance software (Caption Health) to assist medical professionals in the acquisition of cardiac ultrasound images.
CMR Could Help Identify Concealed Structural Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients With Frequent PVCs
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was found to detect concealed structural cardiac abnormalities in 16% of patients with idiopathic frequent premature ventricular contractions.
Tip Detection Method With New IVUS-Based 3D Wiring Facilitates CTO Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
A tip detection method using a newly developed intravascular ultrasound-based three-dimensional wiring was found to superior to conventional method for chronic total occlusion-percutaneous coronary intervention.
Detecting Ischemia in Myocardial Bridging With CT Angiography-Derived FFR
Computed tomography angiography-derived fractional flow reserve demonstrated high diagnostic performance for identifying functional ischemia in vessels with myocardial bridging.
Optical Coherence Tomography Superior to Intravascular Ultrasound in Lesion Assessment
Optical computed tomography has better accuracy than intravascular ultraound in detecting hemodynamically significant stenoses.
Imaging Rates Continue to Rise Despite Efforts to Reduce
Despite initiatives to reduce the use of medical imaging, rates continue to rise in both the United States and Ontario, Canada.
Angiography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve Improves Coronary Lesion Assessment
Fractional flow reserve derived from routine coronary angiography may improve coronary lesion assessment.
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