Cardiac Imaging: Page 37

MRI proves value in coronary artery disease

By Eric Barnes

For patients with suspected coronary artery disease, initial perfusion cardiac MR plus invasive angiography if needed is cheaper than initial invasive angiography or angiography plus fractional flow reserve, according to research at last month's European Society of Cardiology meeting.

October 11, 2015

Fraunhofer MEVIS develops faster cardiac MR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

An interdisciplinary research group from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing (MEVIS) has co-developed a new cardiac MRI technique with faster image acquisition and software for the analysis of the resulting ECG-free multi-cyclic image sequences.

October 7, 2015

Acutus highlights cardiac mapping software research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Heart rhythm software developer Acutus Medical is highlighting a study of its AcQMap imaging and mapping system that was presented this week at the annual Heart Rhythm Congress in Birmingham, U.K.

October 5, 2015

Automated calcium scoring CT is fast, accurate

By Eric Barnes

Dutch researchers have built an algorithm that identifies and quantifies coronary artery calcium from CT scans, paving the way for faster deployment of a test that is increasingly important in measuring the likelihood of heart disease.

September 28, 2015

Use of chaperones can help in intimate exams

By Philip Ward

For anybody with a fear of conducting intimate patient examinations, help is at hand. The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists has published a special free document that includes practical guidance on the use of chaperones and other hot topics.

September 22, 2015

Germans release new MRI guidelines on pacemakers

The European Society of Cardiology has oversimplified the complex task of conducting MRI exams of pacemaker patients, according to the German Radiological Society (DRG). Radiologists must know the current advice and work closely with cardiologists, says the DRG.

September 21, 2015

DTI-MRI links hypertension to brain damage, cognitive deficits

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers using diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) have found that high blood pressure can damage nerve tracts that connect different parts of the brain, according to a study presented this week at the American Heart Association's 2015 Hypertension Scientific Sessions in Washington, DC.

September 17, 2015

MRI boosts follow-up in myocardial infarction

By Philip Ward

A multicenter cardiac MRI study has provided fresh insight into left ventricular thrombus formation following ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Dr. Janine Poess, a cardiologist from Lübeck, Germany, presented details of the study at the recent European Society of Cardiology annual meeting.

September 13, 2015

AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider

By Eric Barnes

September 8, 2015

Cardiac imaging in Australia reflects availability, not need

By Eric Barnes

Cardiac imaging in Australia has seen hefty growth over the past decade, but that growth has been uneven and unconnected to disease burden, said researchers presenting at last week's European Society of Cardiology 2015 meeting in London.

September 8, 2015

Achenbach releases new data for German CT Registry

By Philip Ward

Eagerly awaited figures for the German Cardiac CT Registry show for 7,061 patients examined at 13 centers between 2009 and 2014, reporting was performed by cardiologists in 48% of cases, by radiologists in 4% of cases, and jointly in the remaining cases.

September 8, 2015

Rome to host ESC Congress in 2016

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has chosen Rome as the host city for next year's annual meeting.

September 1, 2015

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