Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 185

CIVCO adds to product line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and radiotherapy products provider CIVCO Medical Solutions has released its SwiftLink catheter cover for the Acuson AcuNav 2D intracardiac echo catheter from GE Healthcare.
April 14, 2009
Tube current modulation cuts triple rule-out CTA dose
By Eric Barnes
Tube current modulation can substantially reduce the radiation dose of so-called triple rule-out scans, an increasingly popular test for patients presenting with chest pain and suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS), according to researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
April 14, 2009
Gated SPECT best indicator for cardiac events
By Wayne Forrest
Myocardial perfusion abnormalities obtained after stress, as well as the extent of scar tissue detected by gated SPECT, are the best predictors of cardiac events in patients with suspected or known ischemic heart disease, according to a new Italian study.
April 12, 2009
CardioDynamics sees revenue dip in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography developer CardioDynamics posted a dip in revenue in the first quarter of 2009.
April 9, 2009
Single-photon cardiac camera greatly reduces imaging time
By Wayne Forrest
A clinical study has confirmed the capabilities of a novel SPECT technology that reduces imaging time for gated SPECT to as much as one-tenth the time of conventional SPECT, according to Stanford University researchers.
April 9, 2009
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DE-MRI may predict AF treatment outcomes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
University of Utah researchers have found that delayed-enhancement MRI (DE-MRI) holds promise for predicting treatment outcomes and measuring disease progression for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).
April 8, 2009
FDA clears Ziosoft cardiac software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization software developer Ziosoft has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for two new cardiac analysis software applications, one for calcium scoring and the other for cardiac function analysis.
April 8, 2009
Toshiba fills Aplio Artida order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has installed two Toshiba Aplio Artida ultrasound systems at the Helena Cardiology Clinic.
April 7, 2009
ACC study: Coronary CTA tops other tests for long-term prognosis
By Charlene Laino
ORLANDO - Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is better than conventional risk scores and calcium scoring at predicting the long-term prognosis of patients with obstructive coronary artery disease, researchers reported at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
April 1, 2009
Heart patients getting angio suffer less brain damage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study to be published in the May/June issue of the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine indicates that patients who suffer cardiac arrests and then receive coronary angiography are twice as likely to survive without significant brain damage compared with patients who don't have the procedure.
March 31, 2009
ACC study: Lantheus PET tracer shows promise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study presented at this week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting has found that a novel PET tracer being developed by Lantheus Medical Imaging is clinically safe, has acceptable dosimetry, and has a high myocardial uptake at rest that significantly increases with adenosine stress.
March 31, 2009
ACC study: Most cardiac SPECT scans are appropriate
By Charlene Laino
ORLANDO - At a time of rising concerns about the overuse of medical imaging, researchers at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting report that most nuclear cardiac scans are performed for appropriate indications. On the other hand, the highest percentage of inappropriate SPECT scans was performed in patients at low risk of heart disease.
March 31, 2009
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