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This channel newsfeed includes clinical content on treating patients or the clinical implications in a variety of cardiac subspecialties and disease states. The channel includes news on cardiac surgery, interventional cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

Stroke thrombectomy outcomes similar between radiologists, fellowship-trained neurointerventionalists

Increased volume has led to stress among endovascular stroke physicians, with some hospitals relying on interventional rads to relieve the strain. 

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Findings potentially linked to autism spotted on routine prenatal ultrasound, research shows

Ultrasounds of fetuses who later developed ASD displayed three times more anatomical anomalies than the general population control group, according to research in Brain.

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'Highly significant' MRI findings link hyperthyroidism to structural brain abnormalities

“For decades, the patients in our group have testified that they don’t feel they’ve recovered, and we hope our study will provide further clues about what happens in the brain,” experts involved in the study said.

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Mammograms should not be delayed after COVID vaccine, research shows

Reactive axillary lymph nodes seen on screening mammograms after vaccination can last for many months and should not be cause for imaging delays, experts reported in Radiology.

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Radiologists must change their approach to stroke care in the AI era

“Radiologists have an opportunity to situate themselves at the center of patient care, but it will require transforming the operational framework and rebranding ourselves," experts suggested in a new editorial.

SNMMI images of unusual imaging pattern observed on FDG PET/CT or FDG PET/MR that may be due to Omicron COVID-19 infection. Unlike the FDG PET/CT pattern seen with infections from previous strains of COVID-19, with principal involvement of the lungs, this new array of findings is primarily centered in the upper aerodigestive tract and cervical lymph nodes. What does omnicron COVID look like in medical imaging?

Unusual pattern on PET/CT may indicate COVID omicron variant

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging offered up a handful of tips to help providers who encounter such findings.

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Deep learning decreases CT radiation dose by 65% in patients with liver metastases

Scans using a smaller dose were accurate when detecting lesions 0.5 cm or larger but more research into low-contrast lesions is still necessary, experts cautioned.

3 ways Vanderbilt's radiology department is laying the groundwork to address health disparities

"Regardless of design, developing a critical mass of institutions with this type of infrastructure will be needed for the field of radiology to improve health equity," experts wrote in JACR.

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CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.

The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care. 

Richard Heller III, MD, RSNA board member and senior VP of policy at Radiology Partners, offers an overview of policies in Congress that are directly impacting imaging.