Cardiac Imaging: Page 115

SCCT adds scans to Choosing Wisely list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In cooperation with the Choosing Wisely campaign, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has released a list of five CT scan indications that it considers questionable.
February 21, 2013
VentriPoint offers 3D echocardiography software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Echocardiography technology developer VentriPoint has completed development of a software package for 3D echocardiography studies.
February 21, 2013
Shimadzu prepares new angiography launches for ECR 2013
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Shimadzu will be unveiling its Trinias F12 and C12 angiography series at next month's ECR in Vienna.
February 18, 2013
NJ cardiologist cops to taking kickbacks from imaging center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A New Jersey cardiologist has pled guilty to taking cash payments as a kickback for referring patients to a diagnostic imaging center in Orange, NJ.
February 18, 2013
CCTA predicts heart attack in people without risk factors
By Eric Barnes
A new study in Radiology concludes that coronary CT angiography (CCTA) can predict adverse coronary events not only in patients with risk factors for heart disease, but also in those without such factors. The results suggest a more prominent role for CCTA versus using clinical risk scores to predict heart disease risk.
February 18, 2013
FDA OKs Medtronic pacemaker for MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Medtronic has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Advisa MRI SureScan pacemaker.
February 14, 2013
Imaging shows toll of vascular brain injury
By Wayne Forrest
MR and PET images show that vascular brain injury from conditions such as high blood pressure and stroke has a considerably greater influence on cognitive impairment among nondemented older people than beta-amyloid plaque deposits, according to a study published online February 11 in JAMA Neurology.
February 13, 2013
Merge wins NY contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has inked a contract for its cardiology software suite with a New York-based medical center.
February 12, 2013
ASE joins Choosing Wisely initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has joined the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation's Choosing Wisely campaign to cut unnecessary healthcare utilization.
February 11, 2013
FDA approves new Definity manufacturing site
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diagnostic imaging agent developer Lantheus Medical Imaging has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Jubilant HollisterStier to be a new manufacturing site for its Definity ultrasound contrast imaging agent .
February 10, 2013
GE launches cardiac MRI analysis software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has launched two new software packages for advanced analysis of cardiovascular MRI images: CardiacVX and MR VesselIQ Xpress.
February 4, 2013
Study shows PiB-PET detects amyloid plaque in heart
By Wayne Forrest
Swedish researchers are expanding the use of PET imaging with carbon-11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) to cardiac amyloidosis, confirming the biomarker's ability to detect amyloid plaque deposits in the heart in a first-of-its-kind study in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
February 4, 2013
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