Cardiac Imaging: Page 116

Study: Use CCTA 1st for lower-risk chest pain patients
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Choosing cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) first to assess chest pain is more cost-effective than initial stress myocardial perfusion cardiac MR for all but the highest-risk patients, according to a presentation at the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting.
February 3, 2013
2nd-generation CT unit slashes CCTA radiation dose
By Erik L. Ridley
A second-generation 320-detector-row CT scanner can significantly lower radiation dose during coronary CT angiography (CCTA) procedures while maintaining a high level of image quality, according to research published online in Radiology.
January 30, 2013
2010 CCTA appropriateness criteria yield mixed results
By Erik L. Ridley
While the 2010 cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) appropriateness criteria reduced the number of not classifiable patients compared to the 2006 criteria, interobserver variability is still a problem in CCTA, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, have concluded.
January 30, 2013
Digisonics nabs Calif. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics said it has received a contract with a California healthcare network for its cardiovascular information system.
January 30, 2013
PET MPI with flurpiridaz F-18 tops SPECT MPI
By Wayne Forrest
PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with flurpiridaz F-18 is "safe and superior" to SPECT MPI with technetium-99m for image quality, interpretation, coronary artery disease diagnosis, and patient tolerance of the tracer, according to a study published in the January 29 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
January 29, 2013
MDCT falls short in finding myocardial ischemia
By Wayne Forrest
In a comparison of patients with ischemia detected by SPECT or PET myocardial perfusion imaging, resting electrocardiogram-gated 64-slice MDCT proved "unsuitable" for clinical use, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 28, 2013
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Toshiba, Perkins team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems and Perkins Healthcare Technologies have formed a strategic partnership.
January 21, 2013
Biotronik gets conditional FDA approval for ProMRI trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biomedical device company Biotronik has received approval with conditions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the company's ProMRI clinical trial via an investigational device exemption.
January 17, 2013
Philips updates EP navigator technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has launched a new version of its EP navigator technology, a 3D rotational angiography technique that provides real-time anatomic details of cardiac structures for electrophysiology (EP) procedures.
January 17, 2013
Napkin-ring sign at CT shows vulnerable plaque
By Eric Barnes
CT appears to have a useful way of demonstrating the noncalcified lipid-rich plaques that are at risk of rupturing -- at least the larger ones, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
January 8, 2013
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FluoroPharma to test PET agent at MGH
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer FluoroPharma Medical said that a phase II trial of its F-18 tetraphenylphosphonium (TPP) BFPET agent for measuring cardiovascular blood flow will be performed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
January 3, 2013
Infraredx names Guarasci as CFO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary imaging developer Infraredx has appointed Michael Guarasci as chief financial officer (CFO).
December 19, 2012
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