Cardiac Imaging: Page 129

New MRI technique helps detect left ventricular myocardial scars
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 28 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSC01-06 | Room S502ABChinese researchers are giving high marks to a new free-breathing 3D phase-sensitive inversion recovery turbo FLASH pulse sequence for detecting left ventricular myocardial scars in patients with coronary artery disease.
November 14, 2011
ASE says it's happy with Definity label change
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) said that it's pleased that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has made positive revisions to the U.S. label for Lantheus Medical Imaging's Definity ultrasound contrast agent.
November 10, 2011
Myocardial perfusion stress CT moves to clinical use
By Eric Barnes
Tuesday, November 29 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSG02-03 | Room S503ABCardiac CT is ready for the comprehensive assessment of coronary artery disease in routine clinical use, say researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina. In the group's initial experience applying myocardial perfusion CT to a clinical population with acute chest pain, the technique detected myocardial perfusion defects just as well as the reference standards, MRI and SPECT.
November 9, 2011
CT approaches IVUS in plaque detection
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 28 | 3:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m. | SSE03-04 | Room S502ABA study comparing CT to intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for plaque detection found that CT isn't quite ready to take on ultrasound -- but it's not far off, the authors concluded.
November 9, 2011
CT equivalent to MRI in evaluating ventricular size, function
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 28 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSE03-02 | Room S502ABVentricular size and function are important for diagnosing and managing patients with several conditions. Fortunately, dual-source CT has caught up to the reference standard, MRI, for the task, say researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina.
November 9, 2011
Monochromatic images erase beam-hardening artifacts
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 28 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSC16-05 | Room S403BSynthesized monochromatic imaging with fast kV switching at 40 keV to 70 keV may boost the magnitude and uniformity of aortic enhancement for a wide range of body sizes, say researchers at Duke University.
November 9, 2011
Perfusion quantified in normal, infarcted myocardium
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 28 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSC01-03 | Room S502ABA new CT study from the Medical University of South Carolina found significant differences in myocardial perfusion parameters for ischemic and infarcted myocardium compared with normal myocardium.
November 9, 2011
CCTA outpaces calcium scoring in acute chest pain
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 27 | 10:45 a.m.-10: 55 a.m. | SSA02-01 | Room S502ABThere is little value in coronary artery calcium scoring by itself in patients presenting with acute chest pain. In a head-to-head comparison, it's clear that only coronary CTA (CCTA) can replace angiography in diagnosing these patients, according to researchers from Italy.
November 9, 2011
Physicians with financial ties order more cardiac stress tests
By Eric Barnes
Physicians who stand to gain financially from nuclear stress tests or stress echo exams ordered more of the imaging studies for their patients as a follow-up to cardiac interventional procedures, concludes a new study published November 9 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
November 8, 2011
Toshiba debuts larger monitor for Infinix-i
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems will show a new 56-inch LCD monitor for the Infinix-i line of vascular and cardiovascular x-ray systems this week at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in San Francisco.
November 7, 2011
Lantheus revises label for Definity US contrast
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging announced it has made changes to the U.S. product label for its Definity ultrasound contrast agent.
October 26, 2011
St. Jude gets FDA nod for OCT/FFR unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Ilumien integrated optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) system.
October 25, 2011
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