A new PET/CT imaging technique that visualizes activated fibroblasts in the heart muscle enables early detection of multiple forms of cardiomyopathy, according to research presented at the Society of ...

Performing CABG on top of optimal medical therapy is a cost-effective treatment option for patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and reduced LV function, an analysis based on STICH/STICHES data ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with optimal medical therapy (OMT) does not prolong survival or improve ventricular function compared with OMT alone in patients with severe ischemic ...

BARCELONA, Spain—Coronary revascularization with PCI fails to provide any additional benefit beyond guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in patients with severely impaired left ventricular ...

Dr. Patrick Malecha (Medicine): A 69-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction, ischemic cardiomyopathy, and an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) was evaluated because of dyspnea ...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School examining the cause of cardiomyopathy discovered one out of every six patients with coronary artery disease had non-ischemic or dual ...

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—A thickened heart muscle raises the risk of ischemic stroke, but what happens when atrial fibrillation is thrown into the mix? A team of investigators in France made that question the focus of a ...

Figure 1. Maximum-intensity projections and fusion images of [68 Ga]Ga-FAPI PET/CT from representative patients of different NICM subtypes. PET scans were classified into three columns, including ...