Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 237

Cardiac imaging: The battle for reimbursement
Cardiac imaging is becoming the next big thing in healthcare. But with many payors not currently reimbursing for procedures such as cardiac CT angiography or calcium scoring, providers are wondering who will pay for the exams.
August 3, 2006
Calcium CT scoring loss leader drives downstream benefit
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
LAS VEGAS - The implementation of a cardiac CT program can bolster the reputation of a practice, increase its volume and revenue, improve patient and referring physician satisfaction, and enhance interspecialty collaboration, according to a presentation at this week's American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) meeting.
August 2, 2006
Telzuit acquires PDS Imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Monitoring firm Telzuit Medical Technologies of Orlando has purchased mobile ultrasound and cardiac imaging services provider PDS Imaging.
August 1, 2006
Cook completes enrollment in STARZ-TX2 trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Cook has completed patient enrollment in the STARZ-TX2 (Study of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair with Zenith TX2 Thoracic TAA endovascular graft) clinical trial.
July 31, 2006
More research needed to gauge CTA's benefits
By Wayne Forrest
Early indications suggest that CT angiography (CTA) may become a panacea for the detection and diagnosis of ischemic heart disease, but one recently released study shows that trustworthy evidence to that end is lacking.
July 31, 2006
CardiArc gears up for launch of nuclear cardiology camera
By Brian Casey
Nuclear medicine start-up firm CardiArc is planning to hit the market with a dedicated cardiac SPECT camera featuring a novel new design that's a departure from traditional nuclear medicine instrumentation.
July 30, 2006
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Emageon inks Christus Health HeartSuite deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image management firm Emageon has signed an agreement to provide cardiology image management and visualization services to Dallas-based regional health system Christus Health.
July 26, 2006
Barco launches new Voxar 3D version
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image display and advanced visualization software developer Barco of Kortrijk, Belgium, has unveiled the latest iteration of its Voxar 3D application, version 6.1.
July 26, 2006
Study: 16-MDCT yields too many nonevaluable artery segments
By Eric Barnes
Low-dose 16-slice MDCT angiography should not be recommended for the routine nonemergency evaluation of patients with chest pain and an intermediate or high probability of coronary artery disease, according to the authors of a new study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.
July 25, 2006
Cordis builds Irish facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biologics Delivery Systems Group Cordis said it plans to build a 180,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility, a development laboratory, and a finished-goods testing center in Cashel, Ireland.
July 24, 2006
Cardiac CTA a no-go zone for some
By Eric Barnes
The benefits of cardiac CT angiography (CTA) are potentially revolutionary, with its fast, comprehensive, one-stop look at the heart. But certain patients should not be scanned, and as gatekeepers, radiologists and cardiologists need to know which patients should be excluded.
July 16, 2006
Novadaq notches 50th U.S. Spy sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Novadaq Technologies of Toronto said it has received a purchase order for the sale of its 50th Spy imaging system in the U.S.
July 12, 2006
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