Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Lowers AKI Incidence After CAG or PCI

Mar 21, 2025

Journal Scan

Among at-risk patients undergoing elective coronary angiography (CAG) or PCI, delayed remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) reduces the incidence of contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) compared with sham preconditioning...

Clinical Topics: Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Noninvasive Imaging, Interventions and Imaging, Angiography, Nuclear Imaging

Keywords: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Postoperative Complications, Coronary Angiography, Kidney

Smoking & CVD Risk; Sleep, Diabetes, & Women with Gestational Diabetes; Post-TAVR Imaging

Mar 19, 2025   |  Kim A. Eagle, MD, MACC

Podcast

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle examines the dose-response relationship between smoking and subclinical cardiovascular disease markers. He then discusses how the effect of poor sleep increases diabetes risk in women who have had gestational diabetes.

Clinical Topics: Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Care Team, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Noninvasive Imaging, Prevention, Interventions and Imaging, Computed Tomography, Nuclear Imaging, Smoking, Sleep Apnea

Keywords: Cigarette Smoking, Inflammation, Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, Diabetes, Gestational, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography, Computed Tomography, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Computed Tomography Angiography, Positron-Emission Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Endocarditis

Heart Valve Collaboratory Framework For Post-TAVR TVF Imaging

Mar 12, 2025

Journal Scan

The Heart Valve Collaboratory has proposed a framework to standardize best practices for using multimodality imaging in transcatheter valve failure (TVF) following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), in a State-of-the-Art Review...

Clinical Topics: Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Care Team, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Noninvasive Imaging, Interventions and Imaging, Computed Tomography, Nuclear Imaging

Keywords: Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography, Computed Tomography, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Computed Tomography Angiography, Positron-Emission Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Endocarditis, Thrombosis

Amyloidosis Forum: Imaging Endpoints in AL and ATTR Amyloidosis Clinical Trials

Mar 05, 2025

Journal Scan

A new state-of-the-art review published March 5 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging summarizes a discussion by the Amyloidosis Forum on the role of imaging biomarkers as trial endpoints in the diagnosis and assessment of systemic immunoglobin light...

Clinical Topics: Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Noninvasive Imaging, Interventions and Imaging, Computed Tomography, Echocardiography/Ultrasound, Nuclear Imaging

Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Biomarkers, Echocardiography, Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography, Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial, Amyloidosis, Familial, Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, United States Food and Drug Administration

ABMS Denies House of Cardiology's Application to Create the American Board of CV Medicine

Feb 28, 2025

ACC News Story

The American Board of Medical Specialties has denied the application put forth by the ACC, American Heart Association (AHA), the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography...

Clinical Topics: Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Acute Heart Failure, Interventions and Imaging, Angiography, Nuclear Imaging

Keywords: Education, Continuing, Certification, Heart Failure, Angiography, Clinical Competence

Position Statement Expands Definition of High-Risk Plaque

Feb 26, 2025

Journal Scan

The definition of a high-risk plaque should be expanded beyond the traditional focus on plaque rupture and thin-cap fibroatheroma in the setting of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), according to a new JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging Position Statement...

Clinical Topics: Acute Coronary Syndromes, Cardiovascular Care Team, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Noninvasive Imaging, Interventions and ACS, Interventions and Imaging, Computed Tomography, Nuclear Imaging

Keywords: Computed Tomography Angiography, Plaque, Atherosclerotic, Acute Coronary Syndrome