Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 195

GE, Boston Scientific team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and interventional device developer Boston Scientific have agreed to a cardiovascular imaging collaboration.
October 13, 2008
ACRIN study: Cardiac CTA cheaper, more effective for chest pain triage
By Eric Barnes
A University of Pennsylvania study of acute chest pain patients found that cardiac CT angiography (CTA) was a better triage method than the traditional standard of care, according to results presented earlier this month at the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) fall meeting.
October 13, 2008
Acusphere's Imagify to get FDA review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere said that its Imagify contrast agent will be reviewed during a planned public meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee on December 10.
October 12, 2008
GE puts AcuNav ICE on Vivid i
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has added support for the AcuNav intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter to its Vivid i ultrasound scanner, and is launching the enhanced system at this week's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting in Washington, DC.
October 12, 2008
CardioDynamics reports Q3 sales increases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography developer CardioDynamics of San Diego posted revenue increases for its third quarter 2008.
October 9, 2008
Acist opens new headquarters
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector developer Acist Medical Systems has opened a new 75,000-sq-ft corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Eden Prairie, MN.
October 6, 2008
Philips, Steris team on hybrid ORs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare and Steris are collaborating to provide hybrid operating rooms for open and minimally invasive cardiovascular surgical procedures.
October 6, 2008
Flexibility of 320-slice CT boosts cardiac imaging options
By Eric Barnes
The ability to scan a wider variety of patients -- and to do it quickly, with less contrast and far fewer artifacts -- is an important advantage of 320-detector-row CT, according to a cardiologist who has been working with the scanner since it was installed earlier this year.
October 2, 2008
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AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
September 28, 2008
Step-and-shoot mode minimizes dose in dual-source cardiac CT
By Eric Barnes
The use of a step-and-shoot mode with dual-source CT produced radiation doses under 2 mSv for coronary CT angiography studies of patients with normal heart rates, according to a study in the October issue of Radiology.
September 28, 2008
SPECT MPI predicts sudden cardiac death
By Wayne Forrest
A new study concluded that myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a significant predictor of sudden cardiac death. The results also indicate that gated SPECT imaging may represent a more effective means of risk stratification than solitary left ventricular ejection fraction determination.
September 25, 2008
Boston Scientific wins FDA nod for small-vessel stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a drug-eluting stent for small vessels.
September 24, 2008
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