TCRG Editor 
We are pleased to advise our latest case report has been published on the BMJ. We wish to raise awareness of the triad of life-threatening complication of ICI therapy that accounts for 30%–50% of fatal complications. Please click here to read the report on the BMJ.
The latest publication from the TCRG group is now available. It looks at how we can distinguish Type 1 from Type 2 Myocardial Infarction by Using CT Coronary Angiography. Please take a look via this link.
There is an excellent video available on the NEJM. The video summarises new research findings on whether percutaneous coronary intervention when added to optimal medical therapy can improve outcomes in patients with severe ischemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction is unknown. Please click here to visit.
In patients with stable chest pain, computed tomography (CT) plaque burden is an independent predictor of future coronary events. The purpose of this study was to determine whether plaque burden and characteristics can predict subsequent death or myocardial infarction in patients with acute chest pain. Please click here to read more.
A new article is available to read on the European Heart Journal. The aim is to evaluate the potential associations between presentation cardiac troponin and the clinical impact of early computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) in intermediate-risk patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. Please click here to read more.
There is an excellent article on this topic to be found on the New England Journal of Medicine. Please click here to read it in full.
There is a new publication available to read. The full title is The Role of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department: The Case of a Contained Rupture of the Ascending Aorta Due to Type A Dissection Causing Subacute Cardiac Tamponade. Please click here to read.
The origin of clinical echocardiography dates back to the 1950s and is credited to Carl Helmuth Hertz and Inge Edler. If you wish to know more then please read this excellent link.
And the story goes on… After describing the “correction factor” derived from 400 CCTA images to improve accuracy using the echo based continuity equation in AVA and SV measurement (URL: https://lnkd.in/gFEK9QzD) – we have now published the outcome data to show its utility in the reclassification rate and associated 5-years all cause mortality in patients with … Read more
RAPID CTCA trial shows how non-inferiority of CCTA guided management compares to standard clinical care in patients presented with intermediate risk acute chest pain to ED. Our Research Group as a proud site of RAPID-CTCA- RCT. Please click here to read the full publication on the BMJ.