Cardiac Imaging: Page 78

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
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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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Dr. Herbert Abrams dies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Longtime radiologist and antinuclear activist Dr. Herbert Leroy Abrams died on January 20 at the age of 95.
January 25, 2016
UltraSPECT reaches installation milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm UltraSPECT has installed its 450th software package in the U.S.
January 24, 2016
Cardiac perfusion PET/MRI may be more accurate than SPECT
By Wayne Forrest
Perfusion imaging with PET/MRI could offer a "comprehensive myocardial ischemic evaluation" with shorter scan times than SPECT and a lower radiation dose for patients, according to a pilot study from Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
January 24, 2016
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Cardboard VR viewer helps docs see infant's heart defects
By Eric Barnes
Florida doctors were able to plan a successful surgical procedure on an infant with severe heart defects, using cardiac CT images visualized with a virtual reality (VR) image viewer made from cardboard.
January 17, 2016
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UltraLinq buys cardiac image management firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
UltraLinq Healthcare Solutions has expanded its position in the cardiac image management space with the acquisition of Cardiostream.
January 7, 2016
Corindus brings CorPath coronary intervention to MGH
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac cath lab technology developer Corindus Vascular Robotics has installed its first CorPath robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention system at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
January 4, 2016
Study finds U.S. nuclear cardiology doses are too high
By Eric Barnes
Radiation doses for myocardial perfusion imaging exams in the U.S. are significantly higher than those in the rest of the world. Few U.S. sites adhere to best practices for dose reduction, and the U.S. fee-for-service model also contributes to the disparity, according to articles published online December 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
January 4, 2016
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