Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 216

Rcadia nets FDA nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Rcadia Medical Imaging has received a second U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its COR Analyzer family of products.
September 25, 2007
Left atrial size adds prognostic value in stress echo exams
By Erik L. Ridley
Left atrial (LA) size provides independent and incremental value over standard risk factors such as left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ischemia in patients referred for stress echocardiography exams, according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
September 25, 2007
Coronary artery disease linked to colon cancer
By Eric Barnes
Patients who learn they have coronary artery disease (CAD) might be wise to get more screening. New research links the presence of coronary artery disease at angiography to a high likelihood of colorectal polyps and cancer at colonoscopy. The study in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed more new information about individual risk factors than about the general association between heart and colon disease.
September 24, 2007
Cook expands existing Cardica deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm Cook Medical announced that it has inked a deal with Cardica of Redwood City, CA, to expand the two firms' original agreement for developing vascular closure devices.
September 19, 2007
Aloka debuts two new scanners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Aloka has introduced two new scanners targeted at the cardiac and vascular imaging markets.
September 17, 2007
Numa debuts NumaStore Lite at ASNC meeting
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine connectivity developer Numa of Amherst, NH, has launched its NumaStore Lite image management software for nuclear cardiology, PET, and multimodality imaging.
September 12, 2007
BMI's importance loses weight in new atherosclerosis study
By Eric Barnes
Experts disagree about which measures of obesity most accurately predict the risk of atherosclerosis. Is the body mass index (BMI) able to predict atherosclerotic disease? Not very well, according to a new study. Using electron beam CT and cardiac MRI, researchers from Dallas found that only the waist-to-hip size ratio was independently associated with atherosclerosis.
September 10, 2007
ProSolv upgrades cardio software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ProSolv CardioVascular of Indianapolis has announced enhancements to its CardioVascular Image and Information Systems (CVIIS) software.
September 6, 2007
ASE unveils new stress echo guidelines
By Erik L. Ridley
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released its new guidelines for stress echocardiography, taking into account improvements in imaging equipment, refinements in stress testing protocols, and standards for image interpretation.
September 6, 2007
CTA predicts functional recovery of the myocardium
By Eric Barnes
A new study shows that coronary CT angiography (CTA) can be useful for predicting the eventual extent of myocardial dysfunction in patients who have had acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and in those who have undergone reperfusion of an infarct-related artery.
September 6, 2007
Agfa launches Impax CV suite at ESC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mortsel, Belgium-based Agfa HealthCare is launching its new Impax Cardiovascular (CV) Suite of software at the 2007 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Vienna.
September 3, 2007
Study: CT market expands in Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The growing potential of cardiac imaging applications, the scope for innovation in various new clinical applications, and the constant improvement in the speed of scans are three drivers of the European CT market.
September 3, 2007
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