Cardiac Imaging: Page 69

GE purchases expanded rights to Rapiscan stress agent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare's Life Sciences unit has purchased exclusive rights to produce and sell the Rapiscan pharmacological stress agent in territories outside of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

January 2, 2017

Machine learning improves FFR-CT for coronary ischemia

By Eric Barnes

In results that could potentially shake up the heart imaging status quo, a machine learning algorithm slightly outperformed a more traditional algorithm in analyzing fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT) studies for detecting signs of ischemic coronary lesions, according to a presentation at the recent RSNA 2016 meeting in Chicago.

December 13, 2016

Cardiovascular ultrasound market primed for growth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The cardiovascular ultrasound market produced $1.27 billion in revenues in 2016 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.4% to reach $1.66 billion in revenues by 2021, according to a new report by research firm MarketsandMarkets.

December 12, 2016

Study suggests short-term sleep loss hurts the heart

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - Using cardiac MRI, researchers from Germany found that going without sleep for a short period of time appeared to affect cardiac function in radiologists. Results of the study were presented at the RSNA annual conference.

December 1, 2016

An occasional drink doesn't hurt coronary arteries

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - Having an alcoholic drink once or twice a day does not appear to affect the coronary arteries, based on scans with coronary CT angiography, researchers reported on Tuesday at the RSNA annual meeting.

November 28, 2016

Pregnancy complications presage later coronary disease

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - African-American women who experience common pregnancy complications are more likely to present with coronary artery disease at CT decades later, according to a new study presented on Sunday at the RSNA meeting.

November 27, 2016

Sectra gets cardiology module contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish PACS vendor Sectra announced ProMedica is adding the Sectra Cardiology Module into its existing enterprise imaging system.

November 26, 2016

ScImage secures 6 military DIN-PACS III orders

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS vendor ScImage has secured orders for its cardiovascular information system at six military medical centers as part of its Digital Imaging Network - PACS (DIN-PACS) III contract.

November 20, 2016

Japan clears HeartFlow's FFR-CT software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow has received regulatory approval for its fractional flow reserve (FFR) CT analysis software from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare.

November 17, 2016

Study finds differences in CCTA plaque measurements

By Eric Barnes

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) measurements of coronary artery plaque volumes are reproducible at follow-up when the same scanner is used, but reproducibility declines below acceptable levels when follow-up is performed on a different scanner model, concludes a study published recently in Radiology.

November 16, 2016

PET/CT of calcium forewarns of adverse cardiac event

By Wayne Forrest

Patients with a normal stress test but evidence of calcium in coronary arteries on PET/CT scans are not immune from a serious adverse cardiac event within a year, according to a study presented on Monday at the American Heart Association annual meeting in New Orleans.

November 14, 2016

FDA OKs Medtronic's defibrillator

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Device manufacturer Medtronic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Claria MRI Quad cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator SureScan device for patients with heart failure.

November 13, 2016

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