Cardiac Imaging: Page 80

ASE debuts cardiovascular ultrasound challenge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Seeking to spur workflow efficiency improvements in cardiovascular ultrasound, the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has kicked off the Echovation Challenge 2016 initiative for its members and the medical and scientific community.
November 24, 2015
3D images aid selection of heart transplant donors
By Eric Barnes
Researchers in Arizona are building a virtual library of 3D hearts in a bid to improve the matching process between heart transplant donors and recipients, and to make the best use of the perpetually tight supply of donor organs.
November 18, 2015
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IVUS shines in guiding stents for long coronary lesions
By Erik L. Ridley
In patients receiving drug-eluting stents for long coronary lesions, guidance using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) yields much better outcomes than implantation guided by angiography, researchers from South Korea reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
November 16, 2015
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Evena launches version 3.0 of 'smart glasses'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Evena Medical has launched version 3.0 of its Eyes-On glasses, a point-of-care wearable ultrasound system for deep-tissue vascular imaging.
November 15, 2015
DWI-MRI shows which stroke patients need fast therapy
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a method that combines diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) and key clinical characteristics to determine which severe stroke patients would most likely benefit from catheter-delivered removal of blood clots.
November 9, 2015
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Aortic imaging goes (way) beyond diameter measures
By Eric Barnes
Tuesday, December 1 | 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | RC412A | Room S504ABThere's much more to aortic imaging than vessel diameter, according to a review course on aortic imaging that launches an advanced vascular imaging session on Tuesday.
November 9, 2015
Use criteria cut unnecessary heart interventions
By Kate Madden Yee
Appropriate use criteria for coronary revascularization have been effective in reducing the number of inappropriate percutaneous coronary interventions performed, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
November 8, 2015
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Lantheus touts study on cardiac radiotracer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging is touting data from a study of its investigational flurpiridaz F-18 radiotracer for myocardial perfusion imaging.
November 2, 2015
CCTA beats exercise stress in finding coronary stenosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) can detect significant coronary artery stenosis in 90% of those who have it, compared with 60% of those who undergo treadmill stress testing, according to a new multinational study in Circulation.
October 26, 2015
Digisonics integrates CVIS with GE's EchoPAC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digisonics has integrated its cardiovascular information system (CVIS) software with GE Healthcare's EchoPAC application for analyzing 3D/4D studies and ultrasound strain rate measurements.
October 26, 2015
Negative CCTA scan means ED patients can be discharged
By Brian Casey
Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) can be safely discharged if their coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scans are negative, without fear of major cardiac events occurring up to a year later.
October 26, 2015
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CMS approves Medicare payment for ultrasound contrast agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Lumason ultrasound contrast agent from Bracco Imaging has been approved for Medicare payment by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
October 22, 2015
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