Tag: Cardiology
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Imaging Agent May Improve Diagnoses for Rare Heart Disease
A PET/CT radiotracer demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity for detecting cardiac amyloidosis and could provide diagnostic clarity when standard imaging tests do not provide definitive results, according to a recent clinical trial published in JAMA.
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Experimental Drug Shows Potential for Hard-to-Treat Heart Disease
An experimental drug has been shown to improve symptoms, exercise capacity and heart failure status in patients with an inherited heart disease, according to a pair of newly published studies.
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Assessing the Benefit of Heart Calcium Scans
A new Northwestern Medicine study shows that a test known as a coronary artery calcium scan may be most valuable only for a specific group of patients.
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Implementing Simulation-Based Learning to Improve Self-Care for Chronic Heart Disease
Northwestern Medicine investigators have received an R01 research grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to evaluate a new simulation-based mastery learning curriculum to help patients and their caregivers improve self-care for chronic heart disease.
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Lymphatic Dysfunction Drives Heart Valve Disease
Dysfunction in the lymphatic system has been identified as a hidden driver of life‑threatening heart valve disease in patients with Marfan syndrome, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Nonsurgical Heart Valve Replacement Improves Patient Outcomes
Patients with severe heart valve disease who underwent nonsurgical transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement showed significant improvements in overall cardiovascular health status and quality of life within 30 days post procedure, according to a recent study published in JAMA.
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Little-Used Cholesterol Test Could Prevent More Heart Attacks, Strokes
A new Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA has found that a little-used cholesterol test outperformed standard tests in guiding cholesterol-lowering therapy.
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Understanding Mechanisms of Rare Inflammatory Autoantibodies
Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered a missing link behind the harmful effects of autoantibodies linked to blood clots, pregnancy complications and other inflammatory conditions, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Premature Menopause Raises Long-Term Heart Risk by 40 Percent
Women who enter natural menopause before age 40 face about a 40 percent higher lifetime risk of developing coronary heart disease than women who experience menopause later, according to a large Northwestern Medicine study.
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Advancing Preventive Care and Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Through Online Tools
Recently named to the Time100 Health 2026 list, Sadiya Khan, MD, is establishing herself as a leader in preventive cardiology and calling for younger people to think about their heart health earlier in life.
