MGH Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center

We are looking forward to the upcoming American College of Cardiology Conference in New Orleans #ACC26, where the MGH Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center will contribute several presentations.

CIRC celebrated its 2025 Holiday Party! 🎄✨

🚀 Exciting news! 🎉We’re thrilled to share that Dr. Michael Lu and Dr. Vineet Raghu were featured on NBC Boston 10 News highlighting their study on an AI tool that predicts cardiometabolic disease risk. nbcboston.com/news/local/ai-…

Congrats to Research Fellow @JanMBrendel!🎉His project “Sex-specific prognostic value of quantifying coronary plaque in patients with stable chest pain” won the Trainee Research Prize – Cardiac Imaging at #RSNA25 in Chicago 🎉👏

Thrilled to share that Brian Ghoshhajra and Sara Ersozlu took first place in the CT Jeopardy competition @Heart_SCCT, representing #CIRC with a top score of 9,999 points. #9999

Research Fellow Matthias Jung, received the Young Investigator Award 2025 of the German Society of Radiology.

Research Fellow @JanMBrendel presenting "Sex-Specific Prognostic Value Of Qauntiftying Coronary Plaque In Patients With Stable Chest Pain" at the MGB 2025 Celebration of Science Poster Session.

Lauren H. Cooke created a fantastic demo for the Pixel Pandemonium Event #ECR25, Lauren’s live demonstration of RoentMod—a machine learning model that adds requested pathologies to existing chest x-rays—was a hit and received glowing reviews.

Excited to start my new role as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center of the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital @MassGenBrigham / Harvard Medical School @CIRC_MGH @harvardmed. Looking forward to contributing to innovative research in the field of multimodality cardiac imaging alongside an amazing team in Boston.

@MarsKhalil212 was a highlighted speaker in the session titled "Highlighted original research: Ischemic Heart Disease & the Year in Review". @MarsKhalil212 presentation is titled "Polygenic Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Disease Varies by Socioeconomic Status".

In this paper on stress & CVD, we find a novel association between disruptions in the uncinate fasciculus and carotid atherosclerotic burden. Grateful to @ATawakolMD @zahifayad for this opportunity and to @daveoctweets @mandyvanleent for all the help! academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti…

Excited to share our study showing that exercise helps heart health in part by acting through the brain. By strengthening the prefrontal cortex, exercise cuts stress signals…which cuts heart disease events. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

Congrats @MarsKhalil212 & Hui Chong Lau your work on Imaging in the heart-brain axis 🧠🌟📸 Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.nucl… @MassGeneralNews @MGHHeartHealth @MGH_RI @MGHImaging @MGHCVFellows

Congratulations to @ATawakolMD @circ_mgh @MGHHeartHealth and @zahifayad on the new PubMed publication of the exciting study: "Effect of Stress-Related Neural Pathways on the Cardiovascular Benefit of Physical Activity." Read the full article here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38631773/

10-year ASCVD risk prediction leads to older individuals being prioritized for statins missing opportunities for earlier risk recognition & prevention. Our work led by @tigerstatdoc uses genetics & dynamic risk factor trajectories toward intersecting risk *early.* nature.com/articles/s4146… @NatureComms

Amazing grand rounds today by one and only @AChoiHeart AI in CCTA @ghoshhajra @SandeepHedgire @NinaMeyersohn @mghradchiefs @RonBlankstein @CianPMcCarthy @baliyan_vinit @CIRC_MGH @BFoldyna @GiselleSA_MDPhD @MGHHeartHealth @MGHCVFellows @Heart_SCCT

@RadiologyCTI @aktakigami @PraveenRangana9 @ReeceJGoiffon @baliyan_vinit @BFoldyna @NinaMeyersohn @SandeepHedgire @ghoshhajra @CIRC_MGH @MGHImaging 7/7🏥 Why It Matters: CTA is a mainstay in CAD due to its high NPV, and the addition of CT-FFR to enhance PPV proves most valuable when it might alter management. Our “selective use” strategy, awaiting CTA interpretation to decide on CT-FFR, confirms its efficacy in our practice

@RadiologyCTI @aktakigami @PraveenRangana9 @ReeceJGoiffon @baliyan_vinit @BFoldyna @NinaMeyersohn @SandeepHedgire @ghoshhajra @CIRC_MGH @MGHImaging 6/7 ❤️ A Novel Twist: Our dual-source CTA scans were all successfully conducted without HR control, ensuring quality images across all HRs with a very low rejection rate. We do this carefully; all exams are monitored and nitroglycerin prep is used unless contraindicated.

@RadiologyCTI @aktakigami @PraveenRangana9 @ReeceJGoiffon @baliyan_vinit @BFoldyna @NinaMeyersohn @SandeepHedgire @ghoshhajra @CIRC_MGH @MGHImaging 5/7🚨Benefits: The adoption of CT-FFR was associated with ‍⬇️ in invasive procedures—with invasive coronary angiography (ICA) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) rates dropping to 25.5% and 21.1%, compared with 74.5% and 78.9%, respectively, in those without CT-FFR.