Cardiac Imaging: Page 161

Stress leads to more heart attacks among police, firefighters
By Eric Barnes
Police officers and firefighters are far more likely than the general population to suffer heart attacks or sudden cardiac death on the job. But their coronary CT calcium scores don't differ all that much from those of the general population, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Atlanta.
March 14, 2010
Women sent to cath lab twice as often as men
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women with stable chest pain are twice as likely to be sent for invasive angiography as men with the same symptoms, according to a new study presented Sunday at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in Atlanta.
March 14, 2010
Calcium findings on abdominal CT linked to heart attack risk
By Edward Susman
ATLANTA - The presence of calcified aortic plaques -- often spotted as incidental findings on CT scans -- appear to be strong predictors of coronary artery disease and mortality, researchers reported at this week's American College of Cardiology meeting.
March 14, 2010
Amicas nets cardiology reporting deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Amicas said it has received contracts for more than 90 cardiology clinical reporting modules on its Vericis cardiovascular image and information management system.
March 14, 2010
Diagnosoft Plus v2.5 debuts at ACC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image analysis software firm Diagnosoft will launch Diagnosoft v2.5 at this week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Atlanta.
March 14, 2010
Lumedx adds Philips feature to CardioPACS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiovascular software developer Lumedx has released a new version of its CardioPACS software, featuring an interface to QLab proprietary ultrasound software from Philips Healthcare.
March 11, 2010
DR Systems to debut cardiac software at ACC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS software developer DR Systems will launch its new Unity cardiovascular information system (CVIS) this month at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Atlanta, the company said.
March 10, 2010
Philips to showcase hybrid OR suite at ACC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare parent Royal Philips Electronics plans to collaborate with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) to showcase a hybrid operating room (OR) suite at the upcoming ACC meeting in Atlanta.
March 10, 2010
FDA, Health Canada approve Polish moly
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have approved the use of the Maria Research Reactor in Poland as a site to irradiate highly enriched uranium targets for molybdenum-99 production, according to healthcare technology firm Covidien.
March 10, 2010
Acist nets HealthTrust contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector developer Acist Medical Systems has been awarded a three-year contract from HealthTrust Purchasing Group.
March 9, 2010
UltraSPECT products support T1-201 imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm UltraSPECT announced that its two cardiac products, Xpress.Cardiac and Xpert3.Cardiac, will support thallium (Tl-201) imaging.
March 8, 2010
Toshiba sponsors Speckle Tracking by Echo substudy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems is sponsoring a coronary heart disease study with its wall motion tracking ultrasound technology, the company said.
March 7, 2010
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