Ahmed Sayed

How does the move to PREVENT for ASCVD risk estimation affect aspirin use❓

📜jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

1⃣ >80% eligible for 1ry prevention aspirin based on a PCE risk >10% would no longer be eligible w/ PREVENT

2⃣ Most current aspirin users don't qualify under either calculator

Do heart transplant patients always need invasive angio to screen for graft vasculopathy❓

📜authors.elsevier.com/a/1lWfA,i2Xs0R…

In this meta-analysis, CTA/PET had pretty respectable sensitivity/NPV for ruling out graft vasculopathy compared to a gold standard of invasive angiography.

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In patients undergoing cardiac stress testing w/ PET, does rest flow matter❓

In an analysis of >8k patients, we find that it does, esp. in patients with a preserved EF.

Link📜: doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/…
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How have HCM mortality rates changed before and after COVID ❓

1⃣ Prior to COVID, mortality rates declined by ~ half📉
2⃣ After COVID, mortality rates increased by ~30%, partially undoing some of the prior reductions in HCM mortality.📈

Open access📜: ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…

How has cardiac imaging evolved in the US over the past decade❓

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⏫Rapid rise in the rates of CT, PET, and CMR.
⏬In contrast, SPECT volumes have gone down:

📜Link: jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…