Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 105

Use of SPECT MPI exercise stress continues to decline
By Wayne Forrest
The convenience of pharmacologic stress agents and an increase in patient mobility issues are contributing to a decades-long decline in the use of exercise stress for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), according to a study presented at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology annual meeting.
September 29, 2014
MDCT study ties aortic calcification to mortality
By Eric Barnes
Both total aortic calcium load and calcium density measured by MDCT are associated with increased mortality risk, according to a new study in the September 23 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
September 25, 2014
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Groups support use of echo in cancer patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging have released a consensus statement recommending the use of echocardiography in cancer patients.
September 22, 2014
ASNC: Should nuclear technologists read SPECT MPI scans?
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - Nuclear medicine technologists were nearly as accurate as cardiologists in reading stress-first SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) studies, according to research presented at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) meeting. The study hints at a role for technologists in determining which patients could avoid the rest portion of the scans.
September 21, 2014
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Digisonics integrates CVIS with GE's echo software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digisonics said it has integrated its cardiovascular information system (CVIS) with EchoPAC software from GE Healthcare for analyzing 3D and 4D echo studies and strain rate.
September 18, 2014
Lantheus touts flurpiridaz F-18 clinical data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging is highlighting clinical data that show reductions in radiation exposure and improved image quality with flurpiridaz F-18 PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) compared to SPECT MPI.
September 17, 2014
GE installs new cath lab software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has made the first installation of new business operations and analytics software for cardiac catheterization labs.
September 17, 2014
UltraSPECT, AIS partner in nuclear medicine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
UltraSPECT has expanded an agreement with Absolute Imaging Solutions (AIS) to pair reconstruction software with gamma cameras.
September 7, 2014
CAC best predicts heart disease in kidney patients
By Eric Barnes
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) as calculated from CT scans was by far the best predictor of cardiovascular disease in individuals with chronic kidney disease, just as it is in the population at large, concludes a new study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
September 1, 2014
Cardiology group to pay $1.3M in Stark case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A cardiology group in New York has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1.3 million to settle charges that it compensated physicians based on how many patients they referred for medical imaging scans.
August 28, 2014
Ultralow-dose SPECT provides top image quality, less radiation
By Wayne Forrest
With an eye toward lowering radiation exposure, a group of researchers found that an ultralow-dose high-efficiency SPECT scan for myocardial perfusion imaging can achieve better image quality than standard low-dose SPECT, according to a study published in the September Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
August 28, 2014
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Acusphere pulls European bid for Imagify contrast
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere has voluntarily withdrawn a regulatory application in Europe for its Imagify ultrasound contrast agent for the detection of coronary artery disease.
August 27, 2014
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