Cardiac Imaging: Page 230

Time-resolved MRA effective for congenital heart defects
By Eric Barnes
Improved imaging and therapeutic options have resulted in more congenital heart problems being diagnosed than in the past. Researchers in Germany believe they have found an easy, reliable way to deliver functional information in adult patients with complex congenital heart disease -- MRI.
October 17, 2006
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CompuMed lands remote ECG screening contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical informatics firm CompuMed has signed a new three-year statewide contract in conjunction with Wexford Health Sources to provide electrocardiogram (ECG) remote interpretation systems and services for the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
October 16, 2006
Boston nets CE Mark
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has received the European CE Mark for its Promus everolimus-eluting coronary stent system.
October 15, 2006
Vasomedical releases wireless EECP data system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional cardiology developer Vasomedical of Westbury, NY, has introduced a wireless communication module for its enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) device.
October 11, 2006
Cordis taps Kandzari as CMO
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has named Dr. David Kandzari as its chief medical officer (CMO).
October 11, 2006
Boston Scientific taps Japp
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has named Chris Japp as vice president and general manager of its cardiovascular imaging business.
October 10, 2006
Top cardiac imaging choices to change
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Echocardiography, SPECT, and cardiac cath are the top three imaging modalities currently used by cardiologists for diagnosing key cardiac conditions, but that lineup may change over the next three years, according to a report recently issued by market research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division.
October 9, 2006
How to win the coronary CTA turf war
Conventional cardiac imaging by echocardiography, SPECT stress tests, and catheter angiography has almost universally slipped away to cardiologists. But coronary CT angiography (CTA) is changing the battleground, and radiologists have recognized the tremendous opportunity in regaining turf in cardiac imaging. Dr. David Dowe, a radiologist with Atlantic Medical Imaging in Galloway, NJ, discusses three critical elements for success in coronary CTA.
October 8, 2006
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Abbott launches Xience V stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Abbott Vascular has begun the international launch of its Xience V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system, according to the Redwood City, CA-based company.
October 2, 2006
Immediate postsurgery MRI appears safe for stent patients
By Eric Barnes
Doctors are reluctant to image the heart with MRI in the days after stent implantation, fearing that the newly implanted devices could move or warm inside the scanner. There are also concerns that even minute motion or heating of stents could predispose patients to early stent thrombosis, increasing morbidity and mortality. But fears over MR use in such cases may be unfounded, according to a new study from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.
October 1, 2006
Philips contributes to AHFS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems said that it will be providing its PageWriter ECG cardiograph and an iE33 echocardiography ultrasound system for use in a cardiac screening program of Loyola Marymount University student athletes as part of the A Heart for Sports (AHFS) program.
September 25, 2006
Segami, Mid-Atlantic Imaging debut cardiac gamma camera
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine software developer Segami and gamma camera developer Mid-Atlantic Imaging have released the maiCAM180, a portable, dual-detector gamma camera optimized for cardiac SPECT imaging in small office rooms and portable or mobile operations.
September 20, 2006
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