Cardiac CT

Patients living with HIV have a two-to-three-fold higher plaque burden than healthy individuals.

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A low-dose CT for lung cancer screening can also predict a five-year cardiovascular disease risk of death when using a deep learning algorithm.

Algorithm is designed to automate heart ventricle measurements.

Dangers of missing one screening mammogram; Rise of cardiac CT and MRI; Strategies to improve financial stability; Plus, Talking to patient about COVID-19 vaccine-related adenopathies.

An automated approach can be useful with patients who have indeterminate transthoracic echocardiograms.

More radiologists are providing CT and MRI services, but these studies still fall behind echocardiography and nuclear medicine.

For better cardiology services, providers must look beyond the existing cardiology PACS.

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Using radiomics to assess impact of unconventional risk factors, including cocaine use and HIV infection, potentially introduces a “brave new world” of precision phenotyping in CAD.

New consensus document pulls from updated evidence and data, answering key questions on use.

Using imaging to screen asymptomatic individuals can cause more potential harm than good, Task Force reiterates.

Thanks to COVID-19, CT was largely in the spotlight this year, but these Top 5 stories show advancements for the modality in other areas, as well.

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Rapid COVID-19 Diagnosis with CT and CO-RADS; Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation for Pain Relief; Inappropriate Abdominal CT and Ultrasound Scans; and Lead Shielding Guidance

New case volume-based training curriculum is designed to create a standardized competency level for radiologists-in-training.

An analysis of the Dallas Heart Study from UTSW details how use of CAC scoring can help determine what patients would stand to benefit from aspirin use for primary prevention.

Emergency radiologists must be familiar with how this condition presents on CT scans.

Women with breast cancer who have the most arterial calcium accumulation are nearly four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease.

Portable, Low-field MRI; COVID-19 and Cardiac MRI; High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound; Coronary CTA Guidance; and Pediatric Advanced Imaging Utilization

The American College of Cardiology recommends the United States join Europe in using this test first with this patient population.

CT and heart attack prediction; lagging outpatient imaging volume recovery; equivalent thoracic MRI performance with COVID-19 pneumonia; and CT colonography during COVID-19

Across racial and gender groups, CT scans that measure coronary artery calcium can more accurately predict the 10-year risk for heart attack.

COVID-19, Stroke, and Heart Damage; Limitations of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis; Guidance for Pediatric CTA; and Micro-Ultrasound and Prostate Cancer

Maximizing Your COVID-19 Recovery, Re-Vamping the Radiology Residency Interview, Cardiac CT's Double Role with Osteoporosis, and the Human Impact of AI.