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Gaps Remain in Preventative Care of Patients With Nonobstructive CAD Discovered in ED Visits
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have become the first to study both hospital and long-term outpatient management after nonobstructive coronary artery disease is detected by computed tomography angiography performed in the emergency department.
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Rare Coronary Artery Anomaly Can Cluster in Families, Cause Major Cardiac Events
Cardiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital encountered a very rare case in which a father and adult son, both of whom presented with chest pain and had the right coronary artery arising from the left coronary sinus.
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New England Journal of Medicine Case Records: A 41-Year-Old Woman with Recurrent Chest Pain
A 41-year-old woman presented to Massachusetts General Hospital with chest pain
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Viewpoint: New Insights Into Plaque Erosion as a Mechanism of Acute Coronary Syndromes
Plaque erosion deserves more attention as a distinct entity in patients with acute coronary syndromes—notably because it may potentially be managed with antithrombotic therapy alone without stenting, according to Dhaval Kolte, MD, PhD, and Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD, of the Cardiology Division, and a colleague.
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Air Pollution May Increase Risk of CVD by Activating Arterial Inflammation
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital conducted a retrospective study that linked exposure to air pollution with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Review: Multi-tissue, Multimodality Imaging Uncovers Pathophysiologic Link Between Chronic Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
A series of 18F-FDG-PET/CT studies at Massachusetts General Hospital have demonstrated a multiorgan neuroimmune pathway that explains how common, chronic stressors increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Cardiovascular Imaging contributors
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Brian B. Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA
Service Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Program Director, Cardiac Imaging Fellowship, Department of Radiology
Recent Article
Screening Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain Symptoms Using Coronary CT Angiography
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Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD
Director, Cardiology Laboratory for Integrative Physiology and Imaging
Recent Article
Viewpoint: New Insights Into Plaque Erosion as a Mechanism of Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Udo Hoffmann, MD
Director, Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Mass General, Division Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging, Mass General, Professor of Radiology, HMS
Recent Article
Anatomic Versus Functional Testing in Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
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