Cardiac Imaging: Page 12

Imaging shows how HIV scores 'direct hit' to heart muscle

By Kate Madden Yee

HIV may affect the heart not only via the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) but also by a "direct hit to the heart muscle," a team of U.K. researchers has found. The results were published September 13 in JAMA.

September 12, 2022

Do we need a better way to evaluate cardiac screening?

By Frederic W. Grannis Jr.

Although coronary artery disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S. today, there is no accepted screening test for the disease. Dr. Frederic Grannis wonders whether recent research studies are asking the right question.

September 7, 2022

ASNC published new guide on hybrid imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and three partner societies have offered new guidelines for the use of CT in hybrid nuclear/CT cardiac imaging, as published September 2 in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.

September 5, 2022

Medtronic acquires Affera

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medtronic recently completed its acquisition of Affera, a deal designed to expand Medtronic's cardiac ablation portfolio.

September 5, 2022

Viz.ai gets FDA clearance for new algorithm

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Viz.ai has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an algorithm to automatically calculate right-to-left ventricle diameter (RV/LV ratios) of the heart on CT scans.

August 31, 2022

FFR 'noninferior' to IVUS for coronary artery disease

By Amerigo Allegretto

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is noninferior to intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) when it comes to evaluating patients for coronary artery disease, suggests a study published September 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

August 30, 2022

AI bests sonographers for assessment of cardiac function

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) model could better assess cardiac function on echocardiography than the sonographers performing the exams, according to research presented August 28 at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Barcelona.

August 29, 2022

SCCT: CCTA effective for planning myocardial revascularization

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has released a document that supports the use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) for planning myocardial revascularization interventions.

August 28, 2022

Cardiac screening including CT may not reduce mortality

By Kate Madden Yee

Men who were invited to participate in a screening program for heart disease that included cardiac CT scans didn't have lower mortality rates, a Danish study has found. Results were published August 27 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

August 26, 2022

Does FFR-CT really offer value in real-world practice?

By Erik L. Ridley

In real-world clinical practice, fractional flow-reserve CT (FFR-CT) software may not yield any improvement over standard radiological assessment of coronary artery disease, according to research published August 18 in Clinical Radiology.

August 23, 2022

Dyad gets FDA nod for echocardiography software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Dyad Medical's Echo:Prio echocardiography image analysis software has secured U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance.

August 15, 2022

Deep-learning reconstruction, subtraction spots in-stent restenosis

By Erik L. Ridley

Using deep learning-based reconstruction along with a subtraction technique can better identify in-stent restenosis on coronary CT angiography, according to research published August 10 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

August 14, 2022

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