Cardiology General
Oct 08, 2013
About 2.3 million Americans are affected by atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter (AF), a condition that causes 15% of the 700,000 strokes that occur annually in the United States. Anticoagulants lik...
Oct 01, 2013
In 1997, a national survey commissioned by the American Heart Association (AHA) documented that awareness of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among women was low. Since that time, the AHA and other organi...
Sep 30, 2013
The Particulars: The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has issued a goal of reducing radiation doses to 9 mSv or lower in 50% of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) studies by 2014. To achi...
Sep 30, 2013
The Particulars: Little is known about the diagnostic performance of high-speed single positron emission computed tomography (HS-SPECT) for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD). Few studies have co...
Sep 30, 2013
The Particulars: Single positron emission computed tomography (SPECT) has been shown in previous research to effectively localize the site or extent of myocardial ischemia and assess myocardial viabil...
Sep 30, 2013
The Particulars: Studies have suggested that myocardial perfusion imaging is a poor prognostic factor in patients who achieve a high exercise level during stress testing. However, outcomes data are la...
Sep 30, 2013
The Particulars: Previous research suggests that performing single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) during or shortly after chest pain cessation can aid triage decisions. Little is known ab...
Sep 27, 2013
The Particulars: Previous studies indicate that achieving 10 metabolic equivalents of task (METS) of exercise workload during exercise single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial per...
Sep 27, 2013
The Particulars: Data are lacking on whether incidental findings for cardiac single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT exams can enhance patient care. Data Breakdown: Among patients who...
Sep 27, 2013
The Particulars: Single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT MPI) is typically performed with patients lying in the supine position. Previous research indicates that...
Sep 25, 2013
New research is being presented at ASNC 2013, the annual meeting of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, from September 26 to 29 in Chicago. Meeting Highlights Prone Position Adds to SPEC...
Sep 24, 2013
The Particulars: Previous analyses suggest that there is a high prevalence of medication non-adherence among patients with heart failure (HF), and that this phenomenon is associated with poor outcomes...
Sep 24, 2013
The Particulars: Published research has suggested that there are several predictors of readmission among patients with heart failure (HF). However, prediction models have yet to take a broad-based app...
Sep 24, 2013
The Particulars: Previous studies have indicated that sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is one of the most common comorbidities seen in patients with heart failure (HF). Small studies suggest that cent...
Sep 24, 2013
The Particulars: Data indicate that 30-day readmission rates for patients with heart failure (HF) are high despite numerous efforts to reduce these rates. An early alert system from the emergency depa...
Sep 24, 2013
The Particulars: Anecdotal evidence suggests that blood sugar control improves in patients with HF and diabetes after they undergo left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement. Studies have not det...
Sep 17, 2013
New research is being presented at HFSA 2013, the 17th annual scientific meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America, from September 22-25, in Orlando. Meeting Highlights HF Patients With ...
Sep 13, 2013
The number of older people with heart failure (HF) has increased considerably over the past 20 years. Currently, 80% of patients with HF are 65 or older. The costs associated with HF are more than $35...
Sep 13, 2013
The figure below shows the percentage of adults who met aerobic activity and muscle strengthening guidelines. ...
Sep 06, 2013
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common sustained heart rhythm disorder, affecting about 3 million American adults. The condition accounts for about 80,000 deaths each year in the United States,...