Cardiac Imaging: Page 242

Positron adds PET cardiology software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron said it has finalized an agreement with the University of Texas at Houston and the Weatherhead PET Center, also of Houston, to develop and commercialize software developed for diagnostic and management needs in coronary artery disease.
April 11, 2006
Boston Scientific, Abbott get EC approval for Guidant deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developers Boston Scientific and Abbott Laboratories reported that they have received antitrust clearance from the European Commission for their proposed acquisition of Indianapolis-based Guidant.
April 11, 2006
Kodak gets FDA OK on cardiac PACS apps
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Group has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for specialized cardiac functions in its CareStream PACS application.
April 10, 2006
CTA proves faster and cheaper for assessing chest pain in ER
CT angiography (CTA) rapidly and definitely excludes coronary artery disease as the cause of acute chest pain in less time, and at a lower cost, than stress imaging, according to a study presented at the 2006 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Atlanta.
April 10, 2006
Cardiac imaging dazzles, but radiologists can't compete alone
By Eric Barnes
Noninvasive cardiac imaging modalities, especially CT and MRI, have transformed the face of cardiac imaging in recent years, opening up an all-but-limitless future for detecting and managing heart disease. But in the long run, radiologists cannot succeed without formal and significant ties to cardiologists, according to a presentation at the recent European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
April 9, 2006
CardioDynamics shows Q1 sales slump
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography (ICG) technology developer CardioDynamics of San Diego posted net sales for its fiscal 2006 first quarter (end-February 28) of $6.5 million, a decrease of 33% compared with sales of $9.7 million for the same period in the 2005 fiscal year.
April 6, 2006
Boston Scientific resolves Guidant antitrust issues
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific said it had signed an agreement containing consent orders from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that would resolve the agency's antitrust concerns over the proposed acquisition of Guidant.
April 5, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Radiology Insider
By Eric Barnes
April 4, 2006
CTA finds heart disease when calcium score is unreliable
A minimal coronary artery calcium score alone does not reliably detect significant stenoses in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain, according to a study presented at the recent American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Atlanta.
April 4, 2006
MRI phase-mapping quantifies regional wall motion
By Eric Barnes
The assessment of myocardial wall motion plays a key role in diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, but wall motion is extremely difficult to assess quantitatively. Physicians from Oxford University in the U.K. believe they've found a comprehensive and reproducible method of assessing regional wall motion in tissue with phase mapping (TPM) of MRI data, a technique based on phase velocity.
April 2, 2006
Boston Scientific, Guidant deal gets shareholder nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firms Boston Scientific and Guidant said that shareholders of each company have voted to approve their merger.
April 2, 2006
Siemens gets clearance for Axiom upgrades
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for a pair of new technologies for its Axiom vascular imaging systems.
March 29, 2006
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