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Beyond ischemia, dobutamine stress MRI predicts major cardiac events

By Shalmali Pal

SAN FRANCISCO - Using dobutamine stress MRI (DSMR) to detect myocardial ischemia in coronary artery disease is hardly a new-fangled technique. But is the technique of any value for forecasting whether these patients will suffer from major adverse cardiac events? Yes, according to a presentation Friday at the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) meeting.

January 23, 2005

Studies highlight cardiac MR's prognostic potential

By Tracie L. Thompson

SAN FRANCISCO - Cardiac MRI is showing its capabilities as a high-tech crystal ball -- able to predict which heart patients will suffer future adverse events -- in presentations at this week's Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) meeting.

January 20, 2005

Debate over 2D versus 3D VC reveals subtle differences

By Eric Barnes

Virtual colonoscopy studies presented at the 2004 RSNA meeting showed some intriguing differences between 2D and 3D primary interpretation of CT datasets. Primary 2D interpretation was generally faster, for example, but 3D seemed to pick up a few more abnormalities, both true- and false-positive.

January 20, 2005

Abbott to launch carotid stent trial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, IL, plans to begin enrolling patients in a new clinical trial to compare carotid artery stenting to carotid artery surgery.

January 19, 2005

CT tracks renal cancer recurrence after surgery

By Eric Barnes

Cancer recurs in more than a fifth of patients who undergo resection for renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to radiologists from South Korea. The most common recurrence site is the lungs, according to the researchers, who developed CT guidelines for detecting recurrent RCC based on a multiyear follow-up study of their own patients.

January 19, 2005

Aw shucks! Corn-oil-based scintigraphy makes good in gallbladder disorder

By Shalmali Pal

A tall glass of citrus-and-vanilla-flavored corn oil may not whet your whistle, but it is an effective, inexpensive, and palatable gallbladder stimulant for the scintigraphic diagnosis of chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC), according to nuclear medicine specialists from -- where else? -- Iowa, a state that grew more than 2.2 billion bushels of corn in 2004.

January 19, 2005