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HealthHelp initiates cardiology program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management firm HealthHelp has commenced new diagnostic cardiac catheterization services for an undisclosed large national insurer, as of January 24.
January 30, 2011
Calypso taps CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electromagnetic localization technology developer Calypso Medical Technologies has named Edward Vertatschitsch, PhD, as president and CEO.
January 25, 2011
AngioDynamics receives warning letter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics has received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding marketing of its NanoKnife surgical ablation system.
January 25, 2011
GE inks angio navigation deal with Veran Medical
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has become the exclusive U.S. distributor and reseller for the IG4 navigation system from Veran Medical Technologies.
January 18, 2011
High-pitch CT cuts dose for patients with low heart rates
By Eric Barnes
Austrian radiologists have found a way to cut the radiation dose of coronary CT angiography studies to as low as 1 mSv by using a high-pitch scanning protocol on a 128-slice scanner for patients with low heart rates.
January 16, 2011
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Dual-energy CT halves contrast dose for PE assessment
By Eric Barnes
Pulmonary embolism (PE) rule-outs can be done with half the normal contrast dose using dual-energy CT -- on a single-source scanner. Researchers from Canada believe their new protocol is robust enough to open up a critical diagnostic test to patients who weren't candidates for CT pulmonary angiography.
January 13, 2011
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St. Jude Medical launches echo system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
St. Jude Medical has launched a new intracardiac ultrasound system and echocardiography catheter.
January 12, 2011
Hotspur reports first U.S. catheter use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Hotspur Technologies said that interventional radiologists at Lifelink Interventional Center in Modesto, CA, have completed the first commercial deployment of its GPSCath balloon dilatation catheter in the U.S.
January 10, 2011
Stereotaxis signs Siemens
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis has added Siemens Healthcare as a nonexclusive reseller for its Odyssey Enterprise Cinema offerings.
January 9, 2011
Big CTA trial shows coronary plaque risk in low-risk patients
By Eric Barnes
People considered to be at low risk for coronary artery disease aren't so low-risk after all, according to early results from a large coronary CT angiography (CTA) screening study in Korea.
January 6, 2011
Stereotaxis expands catheter partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis said it has extended an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement with the supplier of its magnetic ablation catheters through 2015.
January 4, 2011
Turf battles may be impeding growth of CCTA compared to MPI
By Kate Madden Yee
The use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has fallen faster than that of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), and CCTA may be underused due to lack of referrals from cardiologists who control MPI equipment, according to a new study presented at the RSNA meeting earlier this month.
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