Cardiac Imaging: Page 79

ASE debuts echo guidelines for cardiac embolism

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released its first set of guidelines on the use of echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac sources of embolism. The guidelines appear in the January issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

January 3, 2016

Biotronik gets FDA nod for MRI-compatible ICD systems

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biomedical device company Biotronik has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to use its Iperia implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) systems with MRI studies.

December 21, 2015

Medtronic brings MRI-compatible ICD to Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Medtronic Canada has received a Health Canada license for its Evera MRI SureScan implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system.

December 20, 2015

Medstreaming lands Mass., RI deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT vendor Medstreaming installed its cardiovascular information system at the Southcoast Health healthcare system in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

December 14, 2015

PET/MRI shows value for cardiac sarcoidosis

By Wayne Forrest

Simultaneous cardiac PET/MRI is better than PET/CT for detecting cardiac sarcoidosis, offering diagnostic image quality and less radiation dose, according to a study presented at RSNA 2015.

December 13, 2015

GE, Arterys partner on cardiac software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Software developer Arterys has partnered with GE Healthcare to launch its Arterys software that enables clinical visualization and quantification of blood flow inside the human body.

December 6, 2015

FDA clears VidiStar's nuclear software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS developer VidiStar has announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 501(k) clearance of its HeartView nuclear software.

December 6, 2015

Automated CAC fares well in CT lung screening scans

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - Automated coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring is robust and accurate when applied to lung cancer screening exams -- even when applied to a different population than the algorithm was designed for, according to results presented on Thursday at the 2015 RSNA meeting.

December 6, 2015

Imaging for coronary artery disease on the decline

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - The utilization rates of noninvasive imaging in patients with suspected coronary artery disease show a precipitous decline, with coronary CT angiography greatly underused, according to a study presented on Wednesday at RSNA 2015.

December 1, 2015

CT, MRI find atherosclerosis in mummy hearts

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - The mummified hearts of upper crust Frenchmen who lived 400 years ago reveal that atherosclerosis was a prevalent disease -- at least among the well-to-do, according to a study presented at RSNA 2015.

December 1, 2015

Coronary CTA yields prognostic boost over CAC

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - In asymptomatic individuals at intermediate risk of coronary artery disease, coronary CT angiography (CCTA) significantly outperformed coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring for predicting cardiac events over 10 years, according to a Tuesday presentation at RSNA 2015. Is it time to think about replacing CAC with CCTA in people at intermediate risk?

December 1, 2015

MRI shows how heart changes during deep dives

By Wayne Forrest

CHICAGO - Cardiac MRI has uncovered the unusual ability of free divers -- who descend hundreds of feet into the ocean while holding their breath -- to develop "compensatory mechanisms" to recover heart function within minutes of breathing again.

December 1, 2015

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