Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 129

New cardiac MRI technique identifies early-stage heart disease
By Wayne Forrest
By using a new MRI technique to measure the wall thickness of coronary arteries, researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health may be able to identify coronary heart disease early in its progression, according to a study published October 9 in Radiology.
October 8, 2012
St. Jude Medical launches MediGuide for fluoro imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical has launched its MediGuide Technology, a real-time 3D navigation system designed for evaluating recorded fluoroscopic images of vascular and cardiac analysis.
October 7, 2012
Rubidium PET edges SPECT in diagnosing coronary artery disease
By Wayne Forrest
PET imaging with the rubidium-82 radiotracer can accurately detect obstructive coronary artery disease and is superior to technetium-99m SPECT imaging, according to a meta-analysis published online October 3 by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
October 4, 2012
Carestream adds cardiology PACS order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received an order for its Carestream Vue for Cardiology PACS software from St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon, PA.
October 1, 2012
Digisonics scores Illinois order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has implemented its DigiView cardiovascular information system at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, IL.
September 26, 2012
PharmaRx suit against GE, Cardinal dismissed
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A federal judge in California has dismissed an antitrust suit filed by radiopharmacy PharmaRx Pharmaceutical against GE Healthcare and Cardinal Health, alleging the companies have a monopoly on sales of GE's Myoview cardiac imaging agent.
September 19, 2012
ASNC: U.S. cardiologists using less imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. cardiologists are seeing more patients than ever before, yet on average they are performing fewer advanced nuclear imaging tests on those patients, according to a new report from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC).
September 12, 2012
CT study ties pulmonary artery size to COPD symptoms
By Eric Barnes
A study published online September 3 in the New England Journal of Medicine found that pulmonary artery enlargement as seen on CT scans is closely correlated with the development of exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms, providing a potentially strong predictor of symptom onset.
September 4, 2012
Cardiac MR tops ECG in finding hidden myocardial infarctions
By Wayne Forrest
Cardiac MR outperformed electrocardiography (ECG) for detecting unrecognized myocardial infarctions (MIs), catching many that were missed on ECG studies, according to a study published in the September 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
September 3, 2012
News report: Kwiatkowski investigated in 2006
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A news report indicates that former New Hampshire radiologic technologist David Kwiatkowski was investigated in 2006 in Michigan on suspicion that he stole fentanyl while working for the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
August 30, 2012
Biotronik begins ICD MRI study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German biomedical device company Biotronik has initiated its Prospective Assessment of Risk Factors for Appropriate ICD Intervention in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (PARCADIA) multicenter study.
August 30, 2012
ESC: 320-detector-row CTA plus perfusion helps triage patients
By Eric Barnes
A two-step heart test consisting of 320-detector-row CT angiography (CTA) followed by CT perfusion helps separate patients who need invasive angiography from those who do not, according to results of the international CORE 320 study presented on Monday at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting in Munich.
August 27, 2012
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