Cardiac Vascular Disease Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/cardiac-vascular-disease/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:59:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ecsii.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-1-e14442028662682-32x32.png Cardiac Vascular Disease Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/cardiac-vascular-disease/ 32 32 The Global burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Women https://ecsii.com/the-lancet-women-and-cardiovascular-disease-commission-reducing-the-global-burden-by-2030/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:37:56 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3950 Despite being responsible for causing 35% of deaths in women each year, cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women remains understudied, under-recognised, under-diagnosed, and under-treated, with women under-represented in clinical trials. To tackle these inequities 17 experts from 11 countries, led by Commission chairs Roxana Mehran, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Angela H.E.M. Maas, and Monica Acevedo have Read More

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]]> Detecting cancer and heart disease in a single low-dose CT scan with AI https://ecsii.com/detecting-cancer-and-heart-disease-in-a-single-low-dose-ct-scan-with-ai/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:28:46 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3936 Clinicians at Massachusetts General Hospital and engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a deep learning algorithm capable of screening for cardiovascular disease risk and cancer from the same scan. Applied to low-dose CT, the AI solution is designed to expedite the diagnosis process, accelerate treatment and improve patient outcomes, while eliminating the need for Read More

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