Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 155

ACRIN scores AHRQ grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has been awarded a grant by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to compare the outcomes of patients with stable angina using two different imaging methods.
September 29, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
September 27, 2010
CDW teams with MedAxiom
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CDW Healthcare is partnering with MedAxiom, a subscription-based service provider and information resource for cardiology practices.
September 27, 2010
GE adds to cardiac portfolio at TCT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare showcased a number of new cardiac imaging technologies at last week's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium in Washington, DC.
September 26, 2010
FDG-PET/CT viability scans detect vulnerable aortic plaque
By Wayne Forrest
Canadian researchers have found that detecting vulnerable aortic plaque with conventional FDG-PET/CT myocardial viability studies is feasible, according to a presentation at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology annual meeting in Philadelphia.
September 26, 2010
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Report: Cardiac IT market gaining momentum
By Erik L. Ridley
In contrast to the saturated market for information technology in radiology, the cardiology IT market is experiencing healthy growth, according to a new report from healthcare technology research and advisory firm CapSite.
September 23, 2010
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MRI can be used to follow great vessel stents
By Wayne Forrest
Using certain imaging sequences, MRI can be sufficient for the routine surveillance of certain great vessel stents commonly used to treat congenital heart defects in children and young adults, according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 22, 2010
3-tesla 3D cardiac MRI boosts therapy planning
By Erik L. Ridley
Combining myocardial scar and coronary images acquired with 3-tesla MRI into fused volumetric images can aid preprocedural planning for cardiac resynchronization therapy or coronary artery revascularization, according to a study in the September issue of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging.
September 22, 2010
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Few adverse events occur a year after negative cardiac CTA
By Wayne Forrest
Adverse cardiac events are rare in patients with low- to moderate-risk chest pain in the 12 months following a negative cardiac CT angiogram (CTA), according to a small study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 20, 2010
Accurate, fast soft-plaque measurement seen with coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
Automated measurement of soft plaque in the heart using coronary CT angiography (CTA) was accurate compared to the gold-standard modality, intravascular ultrasound, and was far faster than manual methods, concluded a new report published online this month in Radiology.
September 20, 2010
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Lantheus to present cardiac PET data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging said that seven abstracts related to two of its investigational cardiac PET imaging agents will be presented at this week's annual scientific session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
September 19, 2010
Positron opens training center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging developer Positron has opened its Clinical and Technical Cardiovascular PET Training Institute in Niagara Falls, NY.
September 12, 2010
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