Cardiac Imaging: Page 73

PET/CT calcium scores reveal chemo's damage to the heart

By Wayne Forrest

By comparing baseline and follow-up coronary calcium scores from PET/CT scans of lymphoma patients after chemotherapy, researchers say they can better follow the cancer treatment's debilitating impact on the heart, and perhaps get a better handle on possible cardiotoxicity.

August 3, 2016

Myocardial Solutions launches cardiac MRI study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Myocardial Solutions has begun to enroll patients in a clinical study designed to compare cardiac strain encoding stress testing with MRI cine stress testing.

August 2, 2016

HeartFlow completes 1st Canadian installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow has made the first installation of its fractional flow reserve (FFR) software, FFR-CT Analysis, in Canada.

July 25, 2016

Can femoral ultrasound find role in CV risk assessment?

By Erik L. Ridley

By spotting atherosclerotic plaques that aren't also present in the carotid artery, femoral ultrasound can predict the risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease in many asymptomatic patients who would be overlooked if they only received carotid ultrasound, according to research from Italy published online in Angiology.

July 25, 2016

UltraSPECT completes NJ installs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm UltraSPECT has installed its Xpress3.Cardiac software at four sites in New Jersey.

July 14, 2016

Very low calcium scores do not guarantee negative MPI

By Wayne Forrest

Symptomatic patients with very low coronary artery calcium scores are almost as likely to have a positive SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) scan and a subsequent cardiac event as patients with higher calcium scores, according to a study presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting.

July 11, 2016

ASE offers guide for childhood heart disease

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released a guide to help manage pediatric patients with congenital heart defects both before and after surgical intervention.

June 28, 2016

HeartFlow launches new FFR-CT version

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow has launched the newest generation of its software for calculating fractional flow reserve (FFR) from CT scans.

June 28, 2016

Vital Images upgrades Vitrea software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization firm Vital Images is unveiling version 7 of its Vitrea software at this week's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography annual meeting in Orlando, FL.

June 22, 2016

FDA clears Biotronik's new MR pacing lead

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biomedical device company Biotronik has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its Solia S ProMRI pacing lead.

June 16, 2016

Md. x-ray provider sentenced to 10 years for fraud

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Maryland healthcare provider has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for fraud that included patient x-rays that were not reviewed by a radiologist, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

June 15, 2016

New guidelines offer reporting standards for CCTA

By Eric Barnes

Three medical societies have unveiled new guidelines to standardize reporting for coronary CT angiography (CCTA), culminating a long multidisciplinary effort to bring more consistency to how these exams are reported and followed up.

June 14, 2016

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