Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 115

FDA clears new use for GE's AdreView SPECT tracer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new cardiac indication for the AdreView (iobenguane I-123 injection) SPECT radiopharmaceutical from GE Healthcare.

March 21, 2013

Automated postprocessing tools improve cardiac MR scans

By Erik L. Ridley

Several image postprocessing methods are up for the task of assessing myocardial scar tissue from late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac MR exams, according to a multicenter study presented at the recent Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting.

March 20, 2013

Study affirms CCTA's value to rule out myocardial infarction

By James Brice

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is clinically safe and may use medical resources more effectively than conventional methods for evaluating chest pain in patients who are at low or intermediate risk of myocardial infarction, according to research presented earlier this month at the American College of Cardiology meeting.

March 18, 2013

Stony Brook nets funds for cardiovascular imaging chair

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Stony Brook Medicine plans to establish a new advanced cardiovascular imaging position as a result of a $750,000 pledge from Charles Gargano, former U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.

March 13, 2013

NEJM: RT boosts heart disease risk in breast cancer patients

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiation therapy (RT) has played a key role in reducing breast cancer mortality rates, but even at low doses it can increase a woman's risk of heart disease, according to new research published on March 14 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

March 13, 2013

GE launches DoseMap at ACC show

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare used this month's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting to launch a new software application designed to help interventional cardiologists monitor radiation dose when using GE's angiography systems for interventional applications.

March 13, 2013

Qi Imaging's software highlighted at ACC

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization software developer Qi Imaging said its PhyZiodynamics software was highlighted in a poster presentation at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.

March 12, 2013

St. Jude launches 3D vessel system in Japan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical has launched its Ilumien Optis system in Japan, a technology designed to help physicians make personalized stenting decisions based on a patient's individual anatomy and disease state.

March 12, 2013

Epsilon debuts EchoInsight for cardio oncology at ACC

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Visualization and analysis software firm Epsilon Imaging introduced its EchoInsight for cardio oncology with practical strain imaging at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in San Francisco.

March 12, 2013

ACC: Nonthoracic MRI may be safe for pacemaker, ICD patients

By James Brice

SAN FRANCISCO - Nonthoracic MRI scans are safe for patients with cardiac pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), according to preliminary results from the MagnaSafe Registry presented on March 10 at the 2013 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.

March 12, 2013

Universal Medical to sell DDD gamma cameras

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Universal Medical Resources has signed on to handle U.S. distribution of the CorCam dedicated cardiac gamma camera from Danish nuclear medicine technology developer DDD-Diagnostic.

March 11, 2013

CT of mummies finds heart disease an ancient problem

By Kate Madden Yee

Using CT to image mummies from four different geographical regions -- and spanning 4,000 years of human history -- researchers have found that heart disease was common among ancient people, according to a study published online on Sunday in Lancet.

March 10, 2013

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