Cardiac Imaging: Page 13

Ultrasound helpful for interventional cardiology procedures

By Amerigo Allegretto

Routine ultrasound can help reduce the risk of venipuncture and number of arterial puncture attempts, as well as improve first-pass success when it comes to interventional heart procedures, a Canadian study published September 19 in JAMA Cardiology found.

September 19, 2022

Does Tc-99m SPECT damage DNA?

By Will Morton

A common laboratory test called a "comet assay" shows that radiation from technetium-99m (Tc-99m) SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging poses little risk of damaging a patient's DNA, according to a Brazilian group.

September 19, 2022

GE, Lantheus highlight flurpiridaz trial results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A phase III trial found that Lantheus Medical Imaging's flurpiridaz F-18 investigational PET radiopharmaceutical outperformed SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.

September 12, 2022

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

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