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FDA halts CardioGen-82 use, Bracco starts recall

By Wayne Forrest

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is notifying healthcare professionals today not to use CardioGen-82 (rubidium-82 chloride injection), prompting its manufacturer, Bracco Diagnostics, to voluntarily recall the cardiac PET imaging agent.

July 25, 2011

320-slice cardiac CT yields advantages in the ER

By Eric Barnes

There are significant differences in the way 320-detector-row and 64-detector-row CT scanners perform heart scans of chest pain patients in the emergency room, according to a study presented at the recent Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting in Denver.

July 25, 2011

Mass. General adheres to cardiac CT guidelines, study finds

By Eric Barnes

If you've ever wondered if you're scanning the right patients with cardiac CT, you'll be glad to know that Massachusetts General Hospital asked itself the same question. And it turns out it is, according to a study presented at last week's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting.

July 20, 2011

Stress MPI may be unnecessary for bariatric surgery patients

By Wayne Forrest

Bariatric surgery patients may not need stress testing with myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) during preoperative workup, according to a study published online July 15 in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.

July 20, 2011

Pediatric CT techniques scan hearts in a fraction of the dose

By Eric Barnes

New techniques for coronary CT angiography -- particularly high-pitch scanning -- are slashing radiation dose levels to provide safer scans for children without the need for sedation, according to a study presented at last week's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting in Denver.

July 18, 2011

Cardiovascular MRI sheds light on cardiomyopathy

By Wayne Forrest

Cardiovascular MRI has revealed that stress cardiomyopathy may have broader clinical characteristics than previously reported, including younger patients, men, and patients without an identifiable stressful cause, according to a study in the July 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

July 18, 2011