Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 140

High-pitch stent assessment drives down dose
By Eric Barnes
Physicians in Singapore are evaluating stent patency using extremely low radiation doses with the aid of dual-source MDCT, according to a presentation at the recent Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting in Denver.
July 31, 2011
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Merge nets cardiac PACS order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has received an order from St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Enid, OK.
July 27, 2011
USARad.com unveils tele-echo service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology services provider USARad.com has launched an echocardiography remote reading program.
July 26, 2011
SCCT announces award recipients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has announced the recipients of the Toshiba Young Investigator Award presented at the society's annual meeting.
July 26, 2011
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
July 25, 2011
FDA halts CardioGen-82 use, Bracco starts recall
By Wayne Forrest
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is notifying healthcare professionals today not to use CardioGen-82 (rubidium-82 chloride injection), prompting its manufacturer, Bracco Diagnostics, to voluntarily recall the cardiac PET imaging agent.
July 25, 2011
320-slice cardiac CT yields advantages in the ER
By Eric Barnes
There are significant differences in the way 320-detector-row and 64-detector-row CT scanners perform heart scans of chest pain patients in the emergency room, according to a study presented at the recent Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting in Denver.
July 25, 2011
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Mass. General adheres to cardiac CT guidelines, study finds
By Eric Barnes
If you've ever wondered if you're scanning the right patients with cardiac CT, you'll be glad to know that Massachusetts General Hospital asked itself the same question. And it turns out it is, according to a study presented at last week's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting.
July 20, 2011
Stress MPI may be unnecessary for bariatric surgery patients
By Wayne Forrest
Bariatric surgery patients may not need stress testing with myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) during preoperative workup, according to a study published online July 15 in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.
July 20, 2011
Pediatric CT techniques scan hearts in a fraction of the dose
By Eric Barnes
New techniques for coronary CT angiography -- particularly high-pitch scanning -- are slashing radiation dose levels to provide safer scans for children without the need for sedation, according to a study presented at last week's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting in Denver.
July 18, 2011
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Cardiovascular MRI sheds light on cardiomyopathy
By Wayne Forrest
Cardiovascular MRI has revealed that stress cardiomyopathy may have broader clinical characteristics than previously reported, including younger patients, men, and patients without an identifiable stressful cause, according to a study in the July 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
July 18, 2011
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FDA issues warning on cardiac PET tracer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning on a PET tracer used in cardiac imaging due to a problem in which several patients received more radiation than normal.
July 14, 2011
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