Cardiac Imaging: Page 164

Digisonics nabs 4 contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has won four new contracts.
February 3, 2010
Medis releases QMass MR update
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Quantification software provider Medis Medical Imaging Systems has released a new version of its QMass MR cardiac software.
February 1, 2010
Diagnosoft launches cardiac MR software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image analysis software firm Diagnosoft is launching a new software application for analyzing cardiac blood flow using MR.
January 26, 2010
Breast arterial calcs may not indicate coronary heart disease
By Kate Madden Yee
The presence of breast arterial calcifications on a screening mammogram doesn't necessarily signify that a woman has coronary heart disease, according to a new study published in the February issue of Radiology.
January 26, 2010
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Medical images unlikely to change risky behavior, study shows
By Donna Domino
If you show an obese person a medical image of their plaque-clogged arteries, will it help motivate them to get more exercise? Not necessarily, although you might have better luck getting smokers to change their ways, according to a new review of literature from the Cochrane Collaboration.
January 24, 2010
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Italian researchers cut gadolinium dose -- as well as NSF risk
By Wayne Forrest
A half dose of a commercially available MRI contrast agent works as well as a full dose in patients with acute myocardial infarction, according to Italian researchers. The findings show it's possible to achieve shorter imaging times while protecting renally impaired cardiac patients at risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF).
January 20, 2010
Imaging shows that even mild COPD reduces cardiac efficiency
By Eric Barnes
Even mild cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have serious effects on the heart and blood circulation, according to a study to be published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The analysis found that the same problems long associated with severe disease are also present in milder cases.
January 19, 2010
Court dismisses ACC suit against Medicare
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A federal court in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) over proposed Medicare cuts, ruling that it did not have authority to review Medicare payment decisions.
January 18, 2010
Digisonics scores 2 contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has implemented its DigiView image management and reporting system at sites in Colorado and Idaho.
January 14, 2010
Ultrasound-based technique shows promise for atrial fibrillation
By Erik L. Ridley
If researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System have anything to say about it, fluoroscopy may one day no longer be needed to guide catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. The UVA study team has developed a new catheter ablation technique that combines intracardiac echocardiography and electroanatomic mapping.
January 14, 2010
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Analysis favors coronary CTA over stress MPS for chest pain
By Eric Barnes
In most chest pain patients, coronary CT angiography (CTA) surpasses its rival -- stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) -- for diagnosing coronary artery disease, according to the results of a new model analysis comparing the two techniques.
January 14, 2010
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MRI used in heart valve operation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Surgeons at King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Center in London recently used MRI, rather than x-ray, to guide a procedure to widen a heart valve in a 6-year-old boy.
January 13, 2010
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