Cardiac Imaging

Arineta gains EU MDR approval for SpotLight cardiac CT scanners

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Company plans commercialization across Europe.

April 3, 2026

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Calcium, cash, and cardiovascular reckoning: Can Europe's new heart plan deliver?

By Claudia Tschabuschnig

A new EU strategy promises to shift cardiovascular care from reaction to prevention, but funding gaps, underused imaging data, and a media attention paradox are already testing its ambitions.

April 2, 2026

'If we continue to spend public money treating diseases rather than investing in prevention, we risk getting nowhere,' said Romana Jerković.

GEHC leads COMPASS consortium on cardio-oncology imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE HealthCare (GEHC) will be an industry lead in the five-year COMPASS consortium, which aims to improve cardiovascular care.

March 26, 2026

Identifying CAD risk over time: A SCOT-HEART trial analysis

By Maryam Payne

One-third of patients with initially normal CCTA imaging developed CAD during the SCOT-HEART study’s 10-year follow-up period.

March 12, 2026

Development of CAD in a 43-year-old male smoker, with atypical chest pain, hypercholesterolemia, and a family history of CAD. At baseline, the coronary artery calcium score was zero (A), and the coronary CT angiogram was normal (B). Noncontrast CT chest (C) 10 years later showed calcified plaques in the right coronary artery and left circumflex coronary artery.

Abnormal CT-FFR results translate to up to 7 years' cardiac risk

By Kate Madden Yee

The prognostic value of CT fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) has been unclear, but the findings of a recent study from Denmark offer further insight.

October 20, 2025

CT misread prompts government apology

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Government of the Australian Capital Territory has issued an apology in relation to a death following an aortic dissection and CT misread.

September 23, 2025

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Low-dose CT ties emphysema to mortality in previous smokers

By Amerigo Allegretto

Emphysema found on baseline low-dose chest CT is tied to death related to all causes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiovascular disease, Spanish authors have reported.

September 16, 2025

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eMyosound to start cardiac ultrasound trial in 3 Boston hospitals

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The trial will validate eMyosound technology for the quantitative assessment of myocardial stiffness in patients with heart failure.

September 10, 2025

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GEHC completes first global installation of CT system in France

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE HealthCare has completed the first worldwide installation of its Revolution Vibe CT system at the Radiologie du Var – ELSAN in Ollioules, France.

September 5, 2025

GEHC's Revolution Vibe CT system.

GEHC launches AI-loaded cardiovascular ultrasound unit

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE HealthCare (GEHC) has unveiled an adaptive cardiovascular ultrasound system at the 2025 European Society of Cardiology Congress in Madrid.

September 2, 2025

Ukraine hosts international cardiovascular conference

By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

Further evidence of Ukraine’s ongoing commitment to medical education was provided by the two-day conference “Modern Cardiovascular Interventions: Lviv Forum.” It attracted around 360 onsite attendees and 870 virtual delegates.

June 20, 2025

Attendees from across Ukraine were onsite for the congress. All photos courtesy of Heart Center Lviv and Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.

Researchers unveil 10-year results of Scottish CT trial

By Frances Rylands-Monk

CT assessment of coronary artery disease can have a major impact on the management of patients with stable chest pain, according to new analysis from the SCOT-HEART trial presented on 1 September at ESC 2024.

September 2, 2024

A 3D reconstruction and curved planar reformation from a CT coronary angiogram from a patient in the SCOT-HEART trial who had severe obstructive coronary artery disease.

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