The surprising way breast cancer screenings could reveal heart disease

A new study finds AI can potentially detect artery calcification in routine mammograms, helping identify women at risk of ...
AHA/ASA Journals

Differences in Disease Trajectory, Comorbidities, and Mortality in Sarcomeric and Nonsarcomeric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

BACKGROUND: Sarcomere gene variants are a key cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and have been associated with worse prognosis. However, it is unclear how comorbidities influence clinical ...

How AI can assist clinicians in identifying high-risk patients with bloodstream infection

Bloodstream infections (BSI) can turn deadly fast, particularly for patients with weakened immune systems. A new study from Houston Methodist Research Institute finds that artificial intelligence can ...
Heart

Proteomic insights into troponin elevation following COVID-19 infection

Background Raised cardiac troponin-I is a common finding in patients hospitalised with acute viral infections, including but not limited to COVID-19. This often occurs in the absence of overt ...
AHA/ASA Journals

A Critical Contribution of Cardiac Myofibroblasts in Right Ventricular Failure and the Role of UCP2 SNPs in the Predisposition to RV Decompensation in Pulmonary Arterial ...

BACKGROUND: Right ventricular failure drives both morbidity and mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), but the mechanism of transition from compensated right ventricle (cRV) to ...
Healthcare in Europe

AI predicts heart disease risk from mammograms

Artificial intelligence can quantify calcification build-up in breast arteries, which is strongly linked to the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death ...