ON DEMAND: ESC 2021 – Australian context, international perspectives

This week an Australian and international panel of experts presented game-changing studies from the ESC 2021 Congress and discussed the impacts for practice. Watch now on-demand: HOSTED BY: Professor...

This week an Australian and international panel of experts presented game-changing studies from the ESC 2021 Congress and discussed the...

News in brief: Need for long-term follow-up for CAD in breast cancer survivors; Telehealth MBS items now available for hospital inpatients; MICA’s 50 years of bringing cardiology to the streets

Need for long-term follow-up for CAD in breast cancer survivors Young women treated with radiation therapy for left-sided breast cancer have over twice the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) as women treated with radiation therapy for right-sided breast cancer. According to...

Need for long-term follow-up for CAD in breast cancer survivors Young women treated with radiation therapy for left-sided breast cancer have...

Vascular disease

Silent atherosclerosis missed by CAC scores, CCTA study shows

Subclinical coronary atherosclerosis is present in 40% of adults without established coronary disease and is not always predicted accurately by coronary artery calcification scoring, a large study using computed tomography angiography has shown. The Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study (SCAPIS) of 25,182...

Subclinical coronary atherosclerosis is present in 40% of adults without established coronary disease and is not always predicted accurately by...

Heart Failure

Heart failure hospitalisations increase for younger Australians

Incident heart failure hospitalisations have increased over the past 15 years in an Australian cohort, while 1-year mortality rates are coming down. But it is the skew in demographics toward younger patients that has researchers and clinicians concerned. The study analysed data...

Incident heart failure hospitalisations have increased over the past 15 years in an Australian cohort, while 1-year mortality rates are...