Cardiovascular Radiology

AI gives a boost to cardiac MRI risk prediction
By Kate Madden Yee
Accurate risk prediction for coronary heart disease helps clinicians guide patient therapy and follow-up.
June 10, 2026
C-index for Cox regression and random survival forests models using two feature sets. Adding historical registry data decreases the C-index for Cox regression but increased it for the random survival forests model, consistent with the non-linear structure in the registry data.
AI model predicts cardiovascular risk from BACs on mammograms
By Amerigo Allegretto
An AI model showed success in using age-adjusted breast arterial calcifications from mammograms to predict cardiovascular events.
April 27, 2026
Example of Percentile Nomogram With Age-Adjusted BAC Quartiles. (A) Mammogram of a 56-year-old woman. There is evident BAC (pink arrow). This was quantified as a BAC score of 30 using the cmAngio tool. (B) Nomogram indicating that a BAC score of 30 places a 56-year-old woman within the 50th to 75th percentile for her age. Images are republished under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0).
Arineta gains EU MDR approval for SpotLight cardiac CT scanners
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Company plans commercialization across Europe.
April 3, 2026
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Calcium, cash, and cardiovascular reckoning: Can Europe's new heart plan deliver?
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
A new EU strategy promises to shift cardiovascular care from reaction to prevention, but funding gaps, underused imaging data, and a media attention paradox are already testing its ambitions.
April 2, 2026
'If we continue to spend public money treating diseases rather than investing in prevention, we risk getting nowhere,' said Romana Jerković.
Emphysema predicts CAC progression among LCS participants
By Kate Madden Yee
The progression of centrilobular emphysema appears linked to the progression of coronary artery calcification among LCS participants.
April 2, 2026
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GEHC leads COMPASS consortium on cardio-oncology imaging
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE HealthCare (GEHC) will be an industry lead in the five-year COMPASS consortium, which aims to improve cardiovascular care.
March 26, 2026
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Identifying CAD risk over time: A SCOT-HEART trial analysis
By Maryam Payne
One-third of patients with initially normal CCTA imaging developed CAD during the SCOT-HEART study’s 10-year follow-up period.
March 12, 2026
Development of CAD in a 43-year-old male smoker, with atypical chest pain, hypercholesterolemia, and a family history of CAD. At baseline, the coronary artery calcium score was zero (A), and the coronary CT angiogram was normal (B). Noncontrast CT chest (C) 10 years later showed calcified plaques in the right coronary artery and left circumflex coronary artery.
Bracco launches ACIST Pro in Europe
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
ACIST Medical Systems, a Bracco Group company, has announced the European launch of the ACIST Pro Diagnostic System.
February 13, 2026
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U.K. team uses cardiac MRI to analyze heart failure
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Researchers in Norwich, U.K., have developed an approach that can estimate heart failure in patients and help patients avoid risky right heart catheterization.
January 30, 2026
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ESR reveals plans for 3 organ-based scientific journals
By Liz Carey
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is moving ahead with plans to publish three new organ-based spinoff scientific journals.
January 26, 2026
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Marathon training seems to have no negative impact on heart
By Amerigo Allegretto
Imaging has confirmed that endurance training by marathon runners does not appear to have long-term negative effects on the heart.
December 15, 2025
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MRI casts light on patient outcome after heart attack
By Maryam Payne
Increased volume of fat tissue around the heart tends can be associated with greater myocardial damage after a heart attack, German researchers have reported.
December 12, 2025
Cardiac MRI analysis can provide useful information on epicardial adipose tissue, infarct size, microvascular obstruction, and myocardial edema.
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