Cardiac Imaging: Page 156

Study finds coronary calcium, ED link
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Men with erectile dysfunction (ED) are more likely to have high coronary artery calcification scores on CT scans, according to new study presented this week at the American Urological Association meeting in San Francisco.
May 31, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
May 31, 2010
ASNC offers tips to reduce MPI radiation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has published a new set of recommendations to reduce radiation exposure for patients undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) procedures.
May 31, 2010
Cardiac CAD safely rules out coronary artery disease
By Eric Barnes
A computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm that detects coronary artery stenosis at coronary CT angiography not only helped less experienced readers find more lesions, it ruled out adverse cardiac events for more than a year in patients who had disease symptoms but were read by CAD as negative.
May 31, 2010
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MRI boosts diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis
By Eric Barnes
Measuring the early filling fraction can improve MRI's ability to diagnose constrictive pericarditis, according to new research from Michigan and Pennsylvania. The secret to MRI's success lies in its functional measures, which outperform conventional morphologic signs of disease, investigators said.
May 27, 2010
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Cardiac CT finds resectable lung cancers at wide FOV
By Eric Barnes
Korean radiologists found plenty of unsuspected lung cancers in a large cohort of patients being scanned for heart disease, according to a new study in Radiology. Most lesions were resectable, but most were seen only when the images were read using wider fields-of-view (FOV).
May 25, 2010
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Ziehm, Pie ink deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
C-arm developer Ziehm Imaging and imaging software developer Pie Medical Imaging have formed a strategic partnership.
May 24, 2010
Two Ohio facilities to pay $108M in cardiac kickback case
May 20, 2010
Two Ohio facilities to pay $108M in cardiac kickback case
By Wayne Forrest
Two Ohio hospitals agreed Friday to pay the U.S. government $108 million to settle claims that the institutions violated federal law by unlawfully paying doctors for referrals of cardiac patients.
May 20, 2010
GE touts ADMIRE-HF trial results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new cardiac radiopharmaceutical being developed by GE Healthcare is showing an ability to predict cardiac events in symptomatic heart failure patients, according to results published in the May 18 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
May 20, 2010
Lantheus touts SNM papers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging said that 14 abstracts involving two of its cardiovascular PET works-in-progress will be presented at next month's SNM annual meeting in Salt Lake City.
May 18, 2010
Reduced-voltage cardiac CT works fine -- if you know the rules
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Backed by growing clinical evidence, radiologists should step up to the plate and cut the tube voltage in their cardiovascular CT protocols. But getting the benefits without the pitfalls means paying attention to some technical considerations.
May 18, 2010
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