Cardiac Imaging: Page 247

Philips signs Los Angeles county hospitals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has signed cardiology IT agreements with the Los Angeles County Harbor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles County Olive View Medical Centers.
December 19, 2005
Medrad signs Amerinet
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad has inked an agreement with group purchasing organization Amerinet.
December 19, 2005
CardioDynamics makes management moves
Impedance cardiography (ICG) technology developer CardioDynamics of San Diego has appointed Donald Brooks to the position of chief technology officer and Kevin Hammond to the position of vice president of sales.
December 11, 2005
Toshiba makes big ultrasound installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, has completed the installation of 21 Aplio CV cardiovascular ultrasound scanners at a healthcare provider in Minnesota.
December 6, 2005
Echo beats ECG for cardiac gating studies
By Brian Casey
December 5, 2005
Cook reports success with retrievable vena cava filter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Cook of Bloomington, IN, reported that physicians in Australia have successfully implanted its retrievable vena cava filter in a human patient.
December 5, 2005
Echo may be more accurate than ECG for triggering cardiac scans
By Eric Barnes
Real-time ultrasound could offer significant advantages over the electrocardiogram for triggering heart scans, according to a preliminary study from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The authors' ultrasound technique could potentially improve the quality and consistency of cardiac imaging with CT and MRI.
December 5, 2005
Palatin, Tyco warn of NeutroSpec health risk
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Palatin Technologies and partner Tyco Healthcare said they have informed the healthcare community about a potential health risk associated with its NeutroSpec radiopharmaceutical imaging agent.
December 4, 2005
Long-term anticoagulant users show elevated coronary, aortic calcium
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Patients who take oral anticoagulants may risk developing significant coronary and aortic calcification. In a study that casts a wary eye on the routine use of the vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin, researchers from Aachen, Germany, found that long-term oral anticoagulant therapy was independently associated with increased calcium scores and valvular calcium deposits.
December 1, 2005
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Vascular Solutions receives Twin-Pass 510(k)
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Vascular Solutions of Minneapolis has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Twin-Pass dual-access catheter, the firm reported.
December 1, 2005
MRI immediately post MI yields important prognostic clues
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - If you're looking for microvessel obstruction in patients with acute myocardial infarction, it's worth the rush to perform cardiac MRI within 48 hours after the event -- and within two minutes of injecting the contrast. You could potentially help your patients live longer.
November 30, 2005
Coronary CTA requires dedication, 64-slice minimum
By Tracie L. Thompson
CHICAGO - Cardiac imaging may have slipped away from radiology in stages over the years, but radiologists can capture the boom in coronary CT angiography if they move fast, train hard, and plan to use at least a 64-slice scanner. Those were some of the views shared by leading practitioners during a lively and opinionated keynote and panel discussion Tuesday at the RSNA meeting.
November 29, 2005
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