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🔍💓 Chronic Coronary Artery Disease: Seeing What Matters Before It Hurts

Just finished reviewing the 2025 Lancet paper on contemporary non-invasive imaging for chronic CAD, and the message is striking: how we see the heart shapes how well we save it.

From CT angiography that unmasks non-obstructive plaque 🖥️➡️🫀 to stress PET/CMR that maps true ischemia under load 💨📊, multimodality imaging is redefining diagnosis, risk, and long-term outcomes.

The evidence is clear: better imaging leads to better prevention—and in many cases, fewer invasive procedures and fewer missed opportunities for early therapy.

In an era of rising cardiometabolic risk, precision imaging isn't just a tool—it's a commitment to catching disease in its "quiet" phase and protecting patients long before symptoms speak.

Science, clarity, prevention. 🔬✨❤️

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