HIV and Coronary Artery Plaque - Baseline coronary CTA results from the REPRIEVE trial published in JAMA Open hms.harvard.edu/news/hiv-coron…

The #DISCHARGE trial shows that CT is as good as cardiac catheterization in preventing major adverse cardiovascular events in patients referred with stable chest pain. Full trial results: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… #radres #radiology #yescct #imaging #trials #cardiotwitter #nejm

Seeking applicants for a two-year research fellow position at CIRC! We are looking for an MD or Ph.D. postdoctoral research fellow to join our team and train in both basic and advanced research areas of cardiovascular imaging. More info on applying below massgeneral.org/imaging/educat…

Getting cardiac CT done with high quality in a standardized fashion? This is very possible. Excellent results from the ESCR Vienna MR/CT Registry - just published in @ESR_Journals by BorekFoldyna et al. link.springer.com/article/10.100… #yescct #imaging #radiology #radres #

👉 Academic and non-academic sites deliver high-quality and safe CCTA across Europe: insights from the ESCR MR/CT Registry #ESCR #ECR #EurRad Thanks to everyone for this tremendous international effort👍 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… Great joint effort between #MGH and #Mayoclinic. Exciting case for everyone interested in #cardiology, #radiology, and #infectiousdiseases.

A recent publication in Radiologie up2date together with BorekFoldyna, David Maintz and Claas Nähle about #cardiac #CT in the clinical practice. If you’re interested in cardiac #imaging, it will give you a short but comprehensive overview. @ThiemeNY eref.thieme.de/ejournals/1617…

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A new REPRIEVE Trial manuscript in Clinical Infectious Diseases highlights #sexdifferences in CAD among people with HIV and possible unique mechanisms of #CVDrisk among #womenwithHIV. More here: bit.ly/3qAvgZa MassGeneral Medicine NIAID News NIH NHLBI ACTG Network Harvard CBAR

#HIV News: A daily statin medication was found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV: bit.ly/3GBXmeZ NIAID News NIH NHLBI NIH OAR ACTG Network MassGeneral News Duke Department of Medicine Harvard University #cvd

🥼 Dr. Ahmed Tawakol (Ahmed Tawakol) and investigators from MGH Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center offer an explanation for why light-to-moderate 🥂 #alcohol consumption may be associated with lower risks of #HeartDisease. For more details on the study 👉 bit.ly/3PdVVbJ

Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Density, Inflammation, and Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease Among People with HIV in the REPRIEVE Cohort ✅ Just Accepted bit.ly/3XPIrVO BorekFoldyna MGH Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center REPRIEVE Trial MassGeneral Medicine ACTG Network NIH NHLBI

#HotOffThePress The REPRIEVE Trial demonstrates that pitavastatin lowers the incidence rate of heart disease events by 35% in people with HIV. Read the results in NEJM: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Photon counting CT☢️ has the potential to revolutionize coronary CTA, but what should we do about the different voxel values on the different images❓ Does it affect #CAD quantification❓what should we do about LANCP⁉️ link.springer.com/article/10.100…

🫀🫁 Proud to present our data on effects of air pollution on cardiovascular health at #AHA2023. The interest was overwhelming. Isabel Langenbach BorekFoldyna Pamela S Douglas MGH Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center Duke Clinical Research Institute #research #airpollution #radiology #cardiology

Curious, interested but don’t know where to start? #YESCCT BorekFoldyna Maros Ferencik diana litmanovich Praveen Ranganath, MD

CIRC Newsletter: November 2023 - mailchi.mp/mgh.harvard.ed…

In a recent JAMA Cardiology publication, researchers from REPRIEVE Trial @circ_mgh MGH Metabolism Unit @mghimaging discovered how statin therapy prevents cardiovascular disease in people with HIV. Read more: massgeneral.org/news/press-rel… Michael Lu #heartmonth #hearthealth

Largest RCT of plaque changes on CT in response to drug. MGH Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center

🫀 NEW RESEARCH Communications Medicine – Foldyna et al. analyse epicardial adipose tissue via #deeplearning to predict cardiovascular risk in heavy smokers | BorekFoldyna MGH Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center nature.com/articles/s4385…