Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 163

High glucose signals contrast risk in angio patients
By Eric Barnes
Patients with high blood glucose levels are at increased risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury after invasive coronary angiography, according to a just-published study of thousands of patients in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
March 30, 2010
Heart rate key to image quality in low-dose coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
Heart rate control is an important factor for success in prospectively gated coronary CT angiography (CTA). But once patients are beta-blocked, the success rate is high and the doses are uniformly low, according to a new study by Swiss researchers.
March 28, 2010
iPhone app sufficient for determining stenosis on CCTA
By Erik L. Ridley
A software application available on the iPhone can detect or exclude significant stenosis on coronary CT angiography (CCTA) studies, according to research presented earlier this month at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting in Atlanta.
March 28, 2010
Pie releases MR Flow upgrade
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging software firm Pie Medical Imaging has released an upgraded version of its quantitative MR Flow analysis software.
March 24, 2010
Visbion lands large U.K. PACS order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Visbion has received a contract from the North of England Cardiovascular Network.
March 22, 2010
Coronary CTA quality dips in patients with high calcium scores
By Charlene Laino
ATLANTA - The diagnostic accuracy of coronary CT angiography (CTA) appears to be lower in patients with calcium scores higher than 600, researchers reported this week at the American College of Cardiology meeting.
March 17, 2010
Lantheus touts data on PET agent at ACC show
By Wayne Forrest
Lantheus Medical Imaging is highlighting study data presented at this week's American College of Cardiology meeting in Atlanta that indicate that its flurpiridaz F-18 PET myocardial perfusion imaging agent has a higher specificity for detecting right coronary artery disease compared to rest-stress technetium-99m SPECT.
March 17, 2010
Medtronic brings SureScan to Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic has released its Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacemaker in selected European markets.
March 16, 2010
Coronary CTA finds plenty of plaque in runners
By Edward Susman
ATLANTA - When doctors looked at the coronary CT angiography (CTA) studies of elite marathoners they found something quite unexpected -- more calcified and noncalcified plaque volume than in symptomatic patients, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting.
March 16, 2010
GE debuts fusion software at ACC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has introduced Innova EPVision, a new software application designed to fuse real-time 2D x-ray images and 3D cardiac models from multiple modalities such as x-ray, CT, and MR.
March 16, 2010
Fuji debuts Synapse 3D software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA is highlighting its Synapse 3D advanced visualization software at this week's annual American College of Cardiology meeting in Atlanta.
March 15, 2010
TeraRecon adds to iNtuition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon is highlighting new features for its iNtuition advanced visualization software at this week's American College of Cardiology meeting in Atlanta.
March 15, 2010
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