Cardiac Imaging: Page 147

Stereotaxis expands catheter partnership

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis said it has extended an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement with the supplier of its magnetic ablation catheters through 2015.

January 4, 2011

AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider

By Eric Barnes

January 3, 2011

Dual-phase DECT myocardial perfusion cuts time, dose

By Eric Barnes

There's no need to acquire images during both stress and rest phases in dual-energy CT (DECT) myocardial perfusion imaging, say researchers from the U.S. and Germany. A stress phase combined with a delayed-enhancement phase performs just as well while reducing radiation dose by a third.

January 3, 2011

MI is visible on nongated chest CT, but often missed

By Eric Barnes

General radiologists appear to be missing their chance to detect myocardial infarction (MI) during routine CT imaging. Researchers found that general radiologists prospectively detected fewer than half of MI on CT -- even though cardiac specialists found all of the cases when reviewing images after the fact.

December 28, 2010

Turf battles may be impeding growth of CCTA compared to MPI

By Kate Madden Yee

The use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has fallen faster than that of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), and CCTA may be underused due to lack of referrals from cardiologists who control MPI equipment, according to a new study presented at the RSNA meeting earlier this month.

December 27, 2010

Czech prenatal US screening program improves CHD detection

By Erik L. Ridley

A review of 21 years of experience from the Czech Republic's national prenatal ultrasound screening program found significant and improving antenatal detection of congenital heart disease (CHD). But mortality still remains high, according to the research published in Heart.

December 20, 2010