Cardiac Imaging: Page 68

Echo groups release guidance on aortic stenosis

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography released a joint document on how best to use echocardiography to assess the growing number of patients with aortic stenosis, a narrowing of the aortic valve.

April 2, 2017

Toshiba installs 20 ultrasound systems in La.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Systems has installed 20 Aplio 300 Platinum CV ultrasound scanners at the Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Louisiana.

April 2, 2017

ACC: CT detects blood clots that reduce valve motion

By Eric Barnes

CT detects small clots surrounding valve leaflets after transcatheter aortic valve replacement that are missed on echocardiography studies, concludes new research presented at the just-concluded American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Washington, DC. Reduced valve motion after the procedure may be a sign of the condition, the researchers said.

March 19, 2017

Agfa to showcase new enterprise cardiology software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare will highlight the newest version of its Enterprise Imaging for Cardiology platform at the American College of Cardiology 2017 meeting in Washington, DC.

March 16, 2017

Toshiba gets FDA nod for Aplio cardiac US scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Solutions has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its new Aplio i900 cardiovascular ultrasound scanner.

March 16, 2017

Philips unveils multiple cardiac offerings at ACC 2017

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare is using this week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting to showcase several new cardiac imaging products and technologies.

March 16, 2017

GE launches dedicated cardiac CT scanner at ACC

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare is introducing a dedicated CT scanner called CardioGraphe at this week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Washington, DC.

March 16, 2017

Siemens, HeartFlow collaborate on FFR-CT analysis

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers and cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow have entered into a collaboration to provide fractional flow reserve (FFR) CT analysis for coronary CT angiography.

March 16, 2017

Stratasys announces pediatric heart surgery study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

3D printing technology developer Stratasys said patient enrollment has begun in a clinical study that will assess the benefits of 3D-printed heart models in preoperative planning for pediatric heart surgery.

March 14, 2017

Conavi lands Health Canada nod for Foresight

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular imaging technology developer Conavi Medical has received Health Canada approval for its Foresight intracardiac echocardiography system.

March 13, 2017

CTA plus stress tests help predict heart attacks

By Kate Madden Yee

CT angiography (CTA) and CT stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) can help predict heart attacks -- and offer the benefit of being less invasive than the traditional combination of coronary angiography and SPECT MPI stress tests, according to a study published online March 14 in Radiology.

March 13, 2017

JACC: CT CAC scoring helps screen for CAD

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring with CT can be useful in screening for coronary artery disease (CAD), identifying heart disease as early as decades before symptoms first appear, according to a review published March 6 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

March 6, 2017

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