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CCTA equal to cardiac cath for guiding CAD therapy choices
By Eric Barnes
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) was nearly perfectly in line with cardiac catheterization in its selection of therapies for patients with a high likelihood of coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a new study in Radiology. The results showed that CCTA can determine patient management as well as invasive angiography while sparing many patients from invasive procedures, researchers said.
August 12, 2012
Algorithm boosts temporal resolution in CCTA
By Eric Barnes
Today's cardiac CT is more robust than ever, broadening the range of patients who can be imaged. One new tool improves all-important temporal resolution even in midrange scanners. The software creates a hybrid sample of image data to improve temporal resolution in cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) images of obese patients.
August 9, 2012
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Philips wins Calif. Ambient contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has won a contract with a California hospital to incorporate its Ambient Experience design elements into the hospital's electrophysiology lab.
August 8, 2012
HCA slammed for unnecessary cath procedures
By Eric Barnes
The largest for-profit hospital chain in the U.S. is under fire for performing thousands of cardiac catheterization procedures that were medically unnecessary, according to an August 6 article in the New York Times.
August 6, 2012
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
August 5, 2012
Australian center halves CCTA dose using simple techniques
By Eric Barnes
An academic heart center in Australia has cut its coronary CT angiography (CCTA) dose in half over three years using simple techniques that emphasize prospective triggering, low kV settings, and aggressive beta-blockage, according to research presented at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting in Baltimore.
July 29, 2012
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Hepatitis C testing expands to Ariz. in Kwiatkowski case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Arizona state and county public health officials are assisting two hospitals where cardiac cath technologist David Kwiatkowski had brief contracted assignments in notifying patients of potential exposure to hepatitis C.
July 25, 2012
ROMICAT II: CCTA more efficient to triage chest pain patients
By Eric Barnes
It's more efficient to use coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to rule out coronary artery disease for chest pain patients, according to results of the long-awaited Rule Out Myocardial Ischemia/Infarction Using Computer Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) II trial, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
July 24, 2012
NH to expand hepatitis C testing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
State health authorities in New Hampshire are extending a hepatitis C testing program in the wake of revelations that a traveling cardiac cath lab technologist may have infected patients with the disease after allegedly diverting fentanyl from the lab for his own use.
July 24, 2012
HeartIT signs Memorial Sloan-Kettering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image management firm Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT) has received an order from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
July 23, 2012
SCCT: Dual-energy CTA may offer more accurate look at plaque
By Eric Barnes
A new dual-energy CT angiography (DECTA) protocol may provide a more accurate look at coronary artery calcium by eliminating artifacts that can bedevil more conventional CTA approaches, according to researchers from Virginia at this week's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting in Baltimore.
July 23, 2012
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ACC-based software boosts appropriateness of heart scans
By Eric Barnes
American College of Radiology guidelines aren't the only ones being used to develop software to rein in inappropriate utilization. A new decision-support tool based on American College of Cardiology (ACC) appropriateness criteria demonstrated its value in reducing unnecessary cardiac imaging exams in a recently completed pilot project.
July 22, 2012
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