Great article covering potential of aspirin use in high Lp(a). Maybe something we can do for our patients while we wait for specific therapies
cardiacwire.com/newsletter/asp…

a new study last month in JACC Journals about the validation of Cleerly's AI-guided coronary CT angiography technology, Enabling a one-stop comprehensive analysis of plaque, stenosis and ischemia detection in a single exam.
jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

AI continues to move our field forward - non-invasive cardiac-CT, with AI-powered blood flow scanning, is safe and feasible for heart bypass surgery -FAST TRACK CABG study -Serruys PW, Kageyama S, Pompilio G et al. (2024)  Eur Heart J. ehae199.

Found out our abstract will be presented Heart_SCCT in July - Elevated Coronary Artery Calcium Score (CAC) Is Associated With Decreased Thoracic Spine Bone Mineral Density (BMD): The Multi-ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis - BDI

Great abstract at ACC, garnered a lot of press about post-menopausal women and CAC progression:

Our new paper on colchicine and plaque just published
authors.elsevier.com/a/1itao7X7QCZC…

Add another 54% of 11,805 patients from Denmark with LDL > 193 mg/dl also with normal CAC. NOT Everyone needs a statin, i hold therapy for CAC Zero unless DM, known ASCVD in this population with no CAC.

NIH funded study shows bone density derived by @BDI_ai from existing CT scans predicts vertebral and hip fractures rdcu.be/dCbW7
BDI bdi.ai is now in its 16th year providing bone density measure and fracture risk assessment reimbursed widely by insurers

So important to understand the value of Epicardial fat on CAC scans - authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S26…
AJPC

Khurram Khurram Nasir and Michelle- well deserved recognition. Both leaders in their respective fields.

So important metric of visceral fat. Easily measured on CAC scan authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S26…

A great paper showing the Power of Zero even in symptomatic persons undergoing angiography
pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra…

So important to understand this strong inter-relationship of BMD and CAC. MESA work from @BDI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

I still don't understand why colchicine continues to be disrespected - three positive outcome studies and CCTA plaque studies showing benefit, all for a 2a recommendation? sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excellent paper on the power of Radiomics in JCCT Heart_SCCT
authors.elsevier.com/c/1idQu6tu1iBP…

So important to understand the benefits of EPA, as compared to EPA/DHA. Not sure why many of my colleagues don't get it, but this is another important paper demonstrating that benefit.

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Great paper reminding us that CAC predicts stroke as well as other ASCVD events Khurram Nasir
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38334053/

My recent review on plaque imaging - enjoy

vumedi.com/video/ct-coron…

This finding no doubt carries over to other screening tests. This highlights the need and health system support for 'opportunistic' (i.e., incidental) findings in the patient's existing medical images (ie- coronary artery calcium and bone density BDI)