Cardiac Imaging: Page 54

GE wins CE Mark for latest version of Vivid E9

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has received the CE Mark for the latest version of its Vivid E9 cardiovascular ultrasound scanner, the company said.

September 3, 2013

ESC: CCTA effective as initial emergency test for chest pain

By Becky McCall

AMSTERDAM - Use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) does not increase the rate of subsequent invasive coronary angiography and does increase coronary revascularization in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain -- while also saving money, according to a poster at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress.

September 3, 2013

ESC: Imaging prior to noncardiac surgery may not be needed

By Becky McCall

AMSTERDAM - The value of medical imaging prior to noncardiac surgery for preoperative cardiac risk assessment may have been overstated. Importantly, guidelines issued in 2009 are considered insecure and may need to be rewritten, according to an expert at this week's European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting.

September 3, 2013

Philips unveils ultrasound, cardiac technologies at ESC

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare plans to unveil a suite of cardiac imaging products and the new EPIQ ultrasound platform at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress.

September 1, 2013

IHE adds to Cardiology Technical Framework

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative has published two Cardiology Technical Framework volumes and five new supplements.

August 29, 2013

Postprocessing software boosts preop TAVI assessment

By Erik L. Ridley

An automated postprocessing software application shows promise for improving the preoperative assessment of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), a team of Paris researchers reported in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

August 13, 2013

AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider

By Eric Barnes

August 12, 2013

CT perfusion can distinguish ischemic from infarcted myocardium

By Eric Barnes

Dynamic perfusion CT is a young technique with a few limitations, but it can usually distinguish normal from ischemic myocardium -- and reliably separate myocardial infarction from ischemia, concluded a leading German expert at the 2013 International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.

August 12, 2013

Study: Diastolic dysfunction more common in men

By Eric Barnes

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is surprisingly common in cardiovascular MRI examinations -- even in apparently healthy individuals -- and more prevalent among men than women, according to research from Portugal published online on 3 August in European Radiology.

August 12, 2013

Medis achieves sale of Diagnosoft software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medis Medical Imaging Systems has won a contract to install software from image analysis developer Diagnosoft.

August 8, 2013

Pooled blood volume dual-energy CT enters clinical arena

By Eric Barnes

Pooled blood volume images from dual-energy CT can be a powerful tool to differentiate clinically important pulmonary embolism from less important filling defects, and can even help clinicians manage pulmonary hypertension, concluded a talk at the 2013 International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.

July 25, 2013

Cardiotoxicity from radiotherapy makes case for imaging

By Eric Barnes

Radiotherapy of the lungs and heart have saved many patients' lives, but because radiation also harms the heart, the organ should generally be evaluated following cancer treatment, especially for higher-risk groups of patients, according to a Belgian-authored article in the European Heart Journal.

July 23, 2013

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