Cardiac Imaging: Page 29

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

Absolute coronary lumen size on CCTA predicts function

By Eric Barnes

The key question surrounding the functional significance of a coronary lesion can be answered with absolute lesion diameter rather than percent stenosis as measured with coronary CT angiography (CCTA), concludes a new study in European Radiology.

October 27, 2016

Nuclear medicine/radiopharma market primed for growth

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The global nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceuticals market generated $4.7 billion U.S. (4.3 billion euros) in revenues in 2016 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.3% to reach $7.3 billion (6.7 billion euros) by 2021, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.

October 25, 2016

Ultrasound in the bush: From Paris to Madagascar

By Dr. Anne Fustier

At the end of her radiology training, Dr. Anne Fustier dreamt of free time, travel, and adventure. She spent nine months in Madagascar and now is convinced that travel broadens the mind and ultrasound has major benefits in humanitarian medical practice.

October 25, 2016

Global contrast market ready to blossom

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Boosted by cardiovascular disorders and applications, the global market for contrast media is projected to achieve a compound annual growth rate of 4.1% over the next five years, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.

October 18, 2016

ESC plans to hold 2019 congress in Paris

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) said it will be bringing its annual congress back to Paris in 2019.

October 18, 2016

Philips collaborates with FluoroPharma for CardioPET study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare said it has collaborated with radiopharmaceutical developer FluoroPharma Medical on a phase II clinical trial for FluoroPharma's CardioPET radiopharmaceutical.

October 18, 2016

JFR: 29 points to safeguard radiology's future

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Radiology's in vital need of reform. That's a key conclusion of the latest publication from France's influential Professional Council of Radiology, which was unveiled at the Journées Francophones de Radiologie (JFR) congress and contains 29 proposals to ensure the profession's bright future.

October 18, 2016

CMR, scintigraphy do more to prevent unnecessary angiography

By Wayne Forrest

When physicians craft treatment plans for patients with suspected angina based on cardiovascular MRI (CMR) and SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging results, the chance of unnecessary angiographies is much less than if care is based on tried-and-tested guidelines, according to U.K. researchers.

September 18, 2016

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