Experiencing lasting symptoms months after catching COVID-19, also known as long COVID, was found to more than double a person's likelihood of developing cardiovascular issues, according to a study being presented at the ...
Feb 23, 2023
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The heart is an electromechanical organ whose functioning can be captured in the form of electrical voltage pulses, calcium ion waves, and mechanical contractions. Inherited conditions, stress, drugs, or aging can lead to ...
Jan 11, 2023
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A randomized trial in more than 45,000 men has suggested that cardiovascular screening including cardiac imaging, blood pressure measurement and blood tests, plus treatment if needed, may lower the risk of death, heart attack ...
Aug 29, 2022
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What happens below the cellular level when the heart contracts and relaxes has long been unexplored. Thanks to new ultra-high-resolution electron microscopy techniques, scientists can now watch the heart beating at almost ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) is usually caused by viruses, e.g., COVID-19. However, it can also be induced by medication, toxic substances or in the context of a rheumatological disease. Clinical assessment ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Modeling the heart in 3D using combined imaging techniques can help predict heart rhythm abnormalities, or arrhythmias, in patients with a genetic heart disease, shows a study published today in eLife.
Jan 25, 2022
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Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine recently performed a cardiac imaging procedure that was the first of its kind completed in Georgia.
Nov 11, 2021
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A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade reports that the rate of coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) exams by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments ...
Sep 30, 2021
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State-of-the-art photoacoustic microscopy (imaging using the heat given off by lasers) shows the blood flow in a mouse brain before, during, and after cardiac arrest, showing the drastic change in the brain's blood flow when ...
Nov 13, 2020
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Cardiac CT exams performed to assess heart health also provide an effective way to screen for osteoporosis, potentially speeding treatment to the previously undiagnosed, according to a study published in Radiology.
Jul 14, 2020
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