Cardiac Imaging: Page 77

Triple rule-out CT offers one-stop shop for chest pain

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Because many patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain wind up receiving follow-up testing for coronary artery disease anyway, it's worth it to perform the "one-stop shop" of triple rule-out CT, Swiss researchers reported at ECR 2016.

March 2, 2016

Automated coronary plaque analysis predicts future events

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - Automated plaque analysis in coronary CT angiography can predict which patients with known ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction may go on to have a heart attack in the future, concluded a Wednesday presentation at ECR 2016.

March 2, 2016

Circle, GE ink global distribution agreement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiac imaging software developer Circle Cardiovascular Imaging and GE Healthcare have signed a global, multiyear licensing and distribution agreement for Circle's cmr42 cardiac MR software.

March 1, 2016

Lantheus posts stable year-end revenue

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Lantheus Holdings, reported financial results for fiscal 2015 that were essentially stable after currency adjustments.

February 24, 2016

Is it time for CCTA to replace invasive angiography?

By Eric Barnes

It's time for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to replace conventional invasive angiography for evaluating coronary ischemia in low- to moderate-risk patients, according to the results of a direct comparison of the two techniques published this month in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

February 23, 2016

Triple rule-out CT shows value over CCTA

By Eric Barnes

It's worth the extra trouble to perform a triple rule-out CT scan in chest pain patients being evaluated in the emergency department for multiple potential diagnoses, according to a 10-year study from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

February 21, 2016

Perfusion CT matters more than time to stroke treatment

By Eric Barnes

For ischemic stroke patients who are candidates for revascularization, CT perfusion imaging is more important for successful revascularization than the length of time from symptom onset, according to a study presented this week at the American Heart Association's International Stroke Conference.

February 17, 2016

CCTA a good choice for patients with stable angina

By Eric Barnes

The routine use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) rather than nuclear cardiac scans for the initial evaluation of patients with stable chest pain is "reasonable," concludes a just-published analysis of two large studies in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

February 15, 2016

St. Jude launches new OCT system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical has launched its Optis Mobile system in Japan and Europe.

February 7, 2016

FDA OKs Medtronic MRI-conditional defibrillators

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Device manufacturer Medtronic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its MRI-conditional cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds).

February 4, 2016

IAC launches cardiac EP accreditation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) has launched a cardiac electrophysiology (EP) accreditation program.

February 4, 2016

UAE's capital makes an attractive career proposition

By Inga Stevens

DUBAI - Dr. Andrew Rivard was looking for a new opportunity when he ran across a job opening at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, a new state-of-the-art medical center in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) opened by the Cleveland Clinic in May 2015. Now head of cardiac imaging, Rivard is emphasizing a patient-first culture at the facility that mirrors recent trends in U.S. radiology.

January 28, 2016

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