Why a 'normal' angiogram can still miss a silent, dangerous heart attack

A normal coronary angiogram does not always guarantee safety from a heart attack. Conditions like microvascular disease, ...
Frontiers

Minimizing Contrast Agent Dosage in CT Angiography Using a Saline Chaser with a Low Trigger Threshold

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Background: Computed tomography angiography (CTA), utilizing iodinated contrast agents, is a first-line diagnostic tool for ...
Frontiers

Artificial intelligence in aortic CT angiography: current applications and future perspectives

1 The First School of Medicine, School of Information and Engineering, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China 2 Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University ...
2minutemedicine.com

The proportion of gastrointestinal bleeding-related computed tomographic angiography examinations may be rising with a drop in diagnostic yield

1. Between the years 2017 and 2023, the proportion of total computed tomographic angiography (CTA) examinations related to gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) increased from 0.09% to 0.7%, yet the ...
TCTMD

Chest X-ray Before Cath—Is There a Point?

Morton Kern, MD, often engages his colleagues via email in brief, informal dialogue on clinically relevant topics in cardiology. Morton Kern, MD, of VA Long Beach Healthcare System and University of ...
Chicago Tribune

CTA crime down slightly despite series of high-profile incidents in 2025

Just past midnight days before Christmas, Chicago police boarded a Pink Line train at Washington and Wells streets and found two men shot. A knife fight had escalated to a shooting that left one of ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Suspect with knife takes gun from CTA train passenger in the Loop, shoots two men, killing one: CPD

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A person armed with a knife took a gun from a CTA train passenger early Tuesday morning before shooting two men, killing one, Chicago police said. The shooting is at least the fourth ...
WBEZ

Under CTA 'security surge plan,’ more officers to be on trains, platforms and buses

More Chicago police officers will patrol CTA trains, platforms and buses under a “security surge plan” developed by both of the agencies. The Chicago Transit Authority announced the program will begin ...
ABC 7 Chicago

FTA calls for more aggressive CTA safety plan as Chicago police begin added patrols

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Federal Transit Administration issued a response Friday to the CTA's enhanced security plan, saying more aggressive measures are needed. The FTA said if the CTA does not submit a ...
NBC Chicago

After multiple violent incidents, CTA says a new security plan is in place. Here's what's in it

A new CTA "security surge" plan will go into effect Friday, according to an announcement, with "dozens" of additional Chicago police officers and private K-9 security guards expected to be deployed to ...
WGN-TV

CTA hits deadline to submit safety plan to FTA, avoids removal of federal funding

CHICAGO (WGN) — From the federal government to local groups, demand is growing for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to do more for passengers after several high-profile attacks on trains and buses ...
CBS News

Federal Transit Administration threatens funding if CTA does not improve security

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker are pushing back on the Trump administration's latest threats to withhold federal funding from the CTA unless the mass transit agency meets the federal ...