Cardiac Imaging: Page 119

Infraredx, Philips to collaborate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary imaging developer Infraredx and Royal Philips Electronics have signed a joint development and collaboration agreement that will integrate Infraredx's true vessel characterization imaging system with Philips' Allura Xper catheterization lab imaging systems.
October 15, 2012
Boston Scientific buys EP mapping system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Boston Scientific has signed an agreement to purchase electrophysiology (EP) mapping and navigation firm Rhythmia Medical.
October 11, 2012
Coronary calcium found on CT packs extra peril for smokers
By Eric Barnes
According to an analysis of more than 44,000 subjects over five years, smokers with coronary artery calcium (CAC) had higher mortality rates than smokers without CAC. But an absence of CAC didn't help smokers much, as they still had mortality similar to nonsmokers with mild to moderate atherosclerosis, researchers wrote in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
October 10, 2012
New cardiac MRI technique identifies early-stage heart disease
By Wayne Forrest
By using a new MRI technique to measure the wall thickness of coronary arteries, researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health may be able to identify coronary heart disease early in its progression, according to a study published October 9 in Radiology.
October 8, 2012
St. Jude Medical launches MediGuide for fluoro imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical has launched its MediGuide Technology, a real-time 3D navigation system designed for evaluating recorded fluoroscopic images of vascular and cardiac analysis.
October 7, 2012
Rubidium PET edges SPECT in diagnosing coronary artery disease
By Wayne Forrest
PET imaging with the rubidium-82 radiotracer can accurately detect obstructive coronary artery disease and is superior to technetium-99m SPECT imaging, according to a meta-analysis published online October 3 by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
October 4, 2012
Carestream adds cardiology PACS order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received an order for its Carestream Vue for Cardiology PACS software from St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon, PA.
October 1, 2012
Digisonics scores Illinois order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has implemented its DigiView cardiovascular information system at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, IL.
September 26, 2012
PharmaRx suit against GE, Cardinal dismissed
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A federal judge in California has dismissed an antitrust suit filed by radiopharmacy PharmaRx Pharmaceutical against GE Healthcare and Cardinal Health, alleging the companies have a monopoly on sales of GE's Myoview cardiac imaging agent.
September 19, 2012
ASNC: U.S. cardiologists using less imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. cardiologists are seeing more patients than ever before, yet on average they are performing fewer advanced nuclear imaging tests on those patients, according to a new report from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC).
September 12, 2012
CT study ties pulmonary artery size to COPD symptoms
By Eric Barnes
A study published online September 3 in the New England Journal of Medicine found that pulmonary artery enlargement as seen on CT scans is closely correlated with the development of exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms, providing a potentially strong predictor of symptom onset.
September 4, 2012
Cardiac MR tops ECG in finding hidden myocardial infarctions
By Wayne Forrest
Cardiac MR outperformed electrocardiography (ECG) for detecting unrecognized myocardial infarctions (MIs), catching many that were missed on ECG studies, according to a study published in the September 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
September 3, 2012
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