Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 72

Siemens, HeartFlow collaborate on FFR-CT analysis

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers and cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow have entered into a collaboration to provide fractional flow reserve (FFR) CT analysis for coronary CT angiography.

March 16, 2017

Stratasys announces pediatric heart surgery study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

3D printing technology developer Stratasys said patient enrollment has begun in a clinical study that will assess the benefits of 3D-printed heart models in preoperative planning for pediatric heart surgery.

March 14, 2017

Conavi lands Health Canada nod for Foresight

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular imaging technology developer Conavi Medical has received Health Canada approval for its Foresight intracardiac echocardiography system.

March 13, 2017

CTA plus stress tests help predict heart attacks

By Kate Madden Yee

CT angiography (CTA) and CT stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) can help predict heart attacks -- and offer the benefit of being less invasive than the traditional combination of coronary angiography and SPECT MPI stress tests, according to a study published online March 14 in Radiology.

March 13, 2017

JACC: CT CAC scoring helps screen for CAD

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring with CT can be useful in screening for coronary artery disease (CAD), identifying heart disease as early as decades before symptoms first appear, according to a review published March 6 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

March 6, 2017

Philips adds Azurion installation in Miami

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare's Azurion image-guided therapy system has been installed at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute as part of a $120 million expansion project on the Baptist Hospital campus.

March 2, 2017

New PET tracer shows promise for atherosclerosis

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

European researchers have developed a PET tracer that has shown the ability to quickly and noninvasively identify life-threatening atherosclerotic plaques, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

March 1, 2017

Cardiac implants may be safer in MRI than thought

By Brian Casey

A new study published February 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that implantable cardiac devices may be safer in the MRI environment than previously thought. In more than 1,000 patients who received nonthoracic scans, researchers found no device or lead failures, even with devices that were not certified for use with MR imaging.

February 22, 2017

Testosterone treatment raises levels of heart plaque

By Eric Barnes

A new study using coronary CT angiography reveals that testosterone treatments may increase the risk of heart disease by raising the volume of arterial plaque by 20% among men 65 years and older. More research is needed to assess actual risk, according to a February 21 paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

February 21, 2017

Siemens gets FDA nod for MRI acceleration technology

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its Compressed Sensing MRI acceleration technology.

February 20, 2017

Biotronik debuts ProMRI software tool

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biomedical device firm Biotronik has introduced ProMRI Configurator, an online software tool designed to assist physicians in selecting cardiac devices and leads that are safe for MRI scans.

February 13, 2017

CT better than echo for aortic annulus before TAVR

By Eric Barnes

Aortic valve replacement may be more accurate when measurements are made with CT versus echocardiography, according to a January 24 paper in Academic Radiology. Coronary CT angiography measurements correlated well with 3D echocardiography results by most measures, making CT a suitable replacement for echo in planning transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery.

February 12, 2017

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