Cardiac Imaging: Page 75

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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Spectrum Dynamics rolls out new software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SAN DIEGO - Molecular imaging technology developer Spectrum Dynamics released its new Dynamic SPECT acquisition and processing software package at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging conference.
June 13, 2016
ASE elects new president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) appointed Dr. Allan Klein as president at its annual meeting being held this week in Seattle.
June 12, 2016
ASE: Aortic flow rate predicts risk of heart failure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Aortic flow rate calculated on dobutamine stress echocardiography is the best predictor of risk in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, according to a presentation this week at the annual American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) scientific sessions in Seattle.
June 9, 2016
ASE: Telemedicine ups access to fetal echocardiography
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Telemedicine can increase access to fetal echocardiography for underserved women and can also be used to determine remotely if pediatric heart transplant patients are at risk for transplant rejection, according to two studies presented at this week's American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) meeting in Seattle.
June 9, 2016
Shimadzu taps new head for cardiovascular business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Shimadzu Medical Systems USA has appointed Tim Stevener to the newly created position of cardiovascular business director.
June 7, 2016
Can an iPad be used to read CCTA studies?
By Erik L. Ridley
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) studies may be complicated to interpret, but that doesn't mean radiologists can't use an iPad to remotely assess these exams for stenosis levels or to identify coronary anomalies, according to research published in the June issue of Emergency Radiology.
June 1, 2016
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SCCT names 2016 Toshiba award finalists
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has named the finalists for the 10th annual Toshiba Young Investigator Awards.
May 26, 2016
All the same? Costs vary little in coronary disease tests
By Eric Barnes
There are precious few cost differences between the main tests used to diagnose coronary artery disease in chest pain patients, concludes a new study of more than 9,000 patients published online May 24 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
May 23, 2016
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Ultrasound contrast can help treat heart attacks
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound contrast agents aren't just for diagnostic use anymore. They can also be used therapeutically to help restore blood flow and salvage heart tissue in patients with one of the most serious types of heart attacks: ST-elevation myocardial infarction, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
May 22, 2016
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'Virtual heart' can guide who should get ICD implants
By Brian Casey
A software-based "virtual heart" created with data from cardiac MRI scans could be a better tool for predicting which patients should receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).
May 10, 2016
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