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Photon-counting CT noninvasively detects heart disease in high-risk patients
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Photon-counting CT noninvasively detects heart disease in high-risk patients

by Radiological Society of North America Ultrahigh-resolution (UHR) coronary CT angiography (CCTA) in an 85-year-old man before transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Despite a stent in the right coronary artery and very severe coronary sclerosis with an Agatston score of 4162, diagnostic visualization of the coronary arteries succeeded, and obstructive coronary artery disease was excluded on CT...

New glaucoma test 15 times more likely to detect high risk patients
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New glaucoma test 15 times more likely to detect high risk patients

by  Flinders University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The latest investigations into a promising new genetic test for glaucoma—the leading cause of blindness worldwide—have found it has the ability to identify 15 times more people at high risk of glaucoma than an existing genetic test. The study, just published in JAMA Ophthalmology, builds on a long-running international...