Cardiac Imaging: Page 167

Positron wins New York PET contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging vendor Positron has inked a contract for its dedicated cardiac PET scanner with a New York imaging center.
November 18, 2009
Blowback from mammo guidance; CCTA saves money and dose
By Brian Casey
November 18, 2009
CT-STAT trial finds CTA cheaper for solving chest pain riddles
By Edward Susman
ORLANDO, FL - In those challenging cases in which a patient presents to the emergency department with chest pain but doesn't appear to have markers of a heart attack, researchers suggest that performing coronary CT angiography (CTA) might be a faster -- and less expensive -- solution than workups based on the current standard of care.
November 18, 2009
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CAD takes on arteries with coronary stenosis detection
By Eric Barnes
A new computer-aided-detection (CAD) application is showing great promise as a companion to coronary CT angiography, recording both high sensitivity and low numbers of false-positive marks, according to researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina.
November 18, 2009
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Mummy CT scans show ancient Egyptians had atherosclerosis
By Edward Susman
ORLANDO, FL - To the surprise of investigators, CT scans of mummies at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo show that these ancient Egyptians had signs of atherosclerosis in their hearts and arteries.
November 17, 2009
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GE touts ADMIRE-HF clinical results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is touting two new clinical studies that offer encouraging results for its AdreView radiopharmaceutical in heart failure patients at risk for cardiac death, disease progression, or cardiac arrhythmias.
November 16, 2009
USPSTF ups mammo screening age; echo and heart screening
By Brian Casey
November 16, 2009
Screening kids with ultrasound, ECG finds cardiac abnormalities
By Edward Susman
ORLANDO, FL - Heart screening isn't just for athletes anymore. Researchers at this week's American Heart Association meeting said that screening all middle-school-aged children for cardiac abnormalities with a targeted medical history, physical exam, electrocardiogram (ECG), and echocardiograph can identify those at risk of heart problems before they head out for recess.
November 16, 2009
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
November 15, 2009
Echo plus ECG team up to find heart flaws in athletes
By Edward Susman
ORLANDO, FL - Screening the hearts of top student athletes takes more than just an electrocardiogram (ECG), researchers said on Sunday at the American Heart Association's annual conference: Ultrasound is key to finding more athletes at risk.
November 15, 2009
Rice, Texas Heart Instituite get NIH grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1 million grant to Rice University in Houston and the Texas Heart Institute to research cell-tracking nanotube technology that could make MRI up to 40 times more sensitive and help guide adult stem cells to repair damaged hearts.
November 11, 2009
Positron touts new Medicare PET rates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging vendor Positron expects the shift from cardiac SPECT to cardiac PET imaging will accelerate now that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
November 11, 2009
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