A new study finds that using amyloid positron emission tomography scans can slightly reduce hospitalizations in people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia. “In the context of the increased ...
A promising new way to diagnose transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM or -CA) has the field waiting in anticipation. Early-phase research suggests that the positron emission tomography ...
CMR scans showed heart structure and function had returned to a near-normal state and amyloid had almost completely cleared. An in-depth look at the records and assessments for the rest of the 1,663 ...
Researchers enrolled 278 self-identified Black heart failure patients from the Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis with Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations (SCAN-MP) study, funded by the National ...
Chicago, Illinois (Embargoed until 1:33 p.m. CDT, Sunday, June 25, 2023)—Researchers have identified the optimal tracer kinetic model to quantify 18F-flutemetamol myocardial uptake in patients with ...
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Gayatri Acharya, MD: Greetings. I'm Dr Gayatri Acharya, cardiology fellow at Mayo Clinic. During today's roundtable, we'll be discussing cardiac ...
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Michelle M. Kittleson, MD: Welcome to Medscape InDiscussion: Heart Failure. I'm your host, Dr Michelle Kittleson. This is the seventh episode of our ...