Cardiac Imaging: Page 28

U.K. releases new guidance on chest pain

By Philip Ward

The U.K. National Institute for Clinical Excellence published its long-awaited update to the chest pain guidelines on 30 November, with leading cardiac imaging specialists issuing a positive, but cautious, response to the new document.

December 5, 2016

Study suggests short-term sleep loss hurts the heart

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - Using cardiac MRI, researchers from Germany found that going without sleep for a short period of time appeared to affect cardiac function in radiologists. Results of the study were presented at the RSNA annual conference.

December 4, 2016

An occasional drink doesn't hurt coronary arteries

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - Having an alcoholic drink once or twice a day does not appear to affect the coronary arteries, based on scans with coronary CT angiography, researchers reported on 29 November at the RSNA annual meeting.

November 29, 2016

Toshiba highlights research on monochorionic twins

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Systems is highlighting a research collaboration just announced between St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Bristol in Bristol, U.K., that aims to improve survival rates of monochorionic twins by bringing about a better understanding of cardiac function and disease development. The study will use Toshiba's Aplio 500 ultrasound scanner.

November 17, 2016

German, Swiss researchers win BJR awards

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German and Swiss researchers were presented with British Journal of Radiology (BJR) awards at the British Institute of Radiology (BIR) annual meeting held earlier this month in London.

November 17, 2016

Cardiologists put renewed focus on dose awareness

By Eric Barnes

New efforts are underway to increase dose awareness among European cardiologists, but dose-optimization advocates face a very long road ahead before every cardiologist who uses radiation has sufficient understanding of dose to protect himself and his patients, according to new commentary.

November 17, 2016

Achenbach gives cardiologist's view on coronary CTA

By Becky McCall

LONDON - A leading cardiologist's perspective on the current clinical controversies surrounding coronary CT angiography (CCTA), as provided by Dr. Stephan Achenbach, was the main crowd-puller at last week's annual conference of the British Institute of Radiology.

November 8, 2016

EuroEcho 2016 to discuss holograms, 3D printing

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

EuroEcho-Imaging 2016 will bring together international experts to discuss the use of holograms and 3D printing to guide interventions during the annual conference, held 7 to 10 December in Leipzig, Germany.

November 6, 2016

St. Jude gets CE Mark for new MR-conditional pacemaker

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical announced it has received the CE Mark for MR-conditional labeling for its Quadra Allure MP cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker.

November 6, 2016

AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider

By Eric Barnes

October 30, 2016

CCTA can cut complications and hospital stays

By Eric Barnes

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is a safe gatekeeper for cardiac catheterization, reducing the need for intervention, boosting the diagnostic yield of interventions, and trimming minor procedural complications, reported German investigators writing in BMJ.

October 30, 2016

Italian group focuses on who needs CCTA screening most

By Eric Barnes

Can coronary CT angiography (CCTA) be performed on asymptomatic individuals before they have a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack? Italian researchers found a way to efficiently deploy CCTA screening and shared their technique in a 14 October article in the European Heart Journal.

October 30, 2016

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