Cardiac Imaging: Page 57

Extracardiac vascular disease patients have coronary disease too
By Eric Barnes
Patients with extracardiac arterial disease have a high prevalence of occult coronary artery disease and may benefit from early detection, Dutch researchers said at last month's ECR 2013.
April 2, 2013
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GE asks for EU manufacturing permission for Optison
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare said it has applied to the European Medicines Agency to amend its marketing authorization to allow the company to manufacture its Optison echocardiography contrast agent at its own facility in Norway.
March 28, 2013
Radiotherapy boosts heart disease risk in breast cancer patients
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiation therapy has played a key role in reducing breast cancer mortality rates, but even at low doses it can increase a woman's risk of heart disease, according to new research from the University of Oxford in the U.K. published on 14 March.
March 19, 2013
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CT of mummies finds heart disease an ancient problem
By Kate Madden Yee
Using CT to image mummies from four different geographical regions -- and spanning 4,000 years of human history -- researchers have found that heart disease was common among ancient people, according to a study published online on Sunday in Lancet.
March 10, 2013
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Integrated CT detector improves coronary stenosis assessment
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - A new integrated circuit CT detector may improve the ability of clinicians to accurately grade coronary artery stenoses visualized during coronary CT angiography, especially when combined with thin-slice imaging and iterative reconstruction, researchers reported on Sunday at ECR 2013.
March 9, 2013
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Adults with congenital heart disease represent growing challenge
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
VIENNA - Thanks to medical progress, most babies born with congenital heart disease (CHD) now survive to adulthood. Imaging is critical for these patients, and it's important for radiologists to become familiar with the most common CHD imaging aspects and surgical procedures, according to a special focus session on Saturday at ECR 2013.
March 8, 2013
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ESC applauds EC medical device regulation proposals
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) said that the European Commission's proposal for a new regulation to govern the evaluation and approval of medical devices in Europe is an important step toward improving patient safety.
March 7, 2013
CT vendors focus on iterative reconstruction, cardiac applications
By John Bonner
VIENNA - Innovation in software technologies provides the main talking points for visitors to the CT equipment vendors' booths at the ECR 2013 commercial exhibition. Companies are demonstrating novel approaches to reducing radiation dose, improving image quality, and extending the modality's capabilities in cardiac imaging.
March 7, 2013
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Cardiac imaging comes under intense scrutiny at ECR 2013
By Mélisande Rouger
VIENNA - A panel of experts will update both general and specialized radiologists with the latest information available on cardiac imaging, during the dedicated Mini Course "Organs from A to Z: Heart," which starts today.
March 6, 2013
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FDA clears Philips' live image-guidance tool
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Royal Philips Electronics, parent company of Philips Healthcare, announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its EchoNavigator live image-guidance tool.
March 4, 2013
ESC aims to standardize data on cardiac disease
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is creating a task force on cardiovascular disease data standardization so that information from different registries can be compared more usefully.
March 4, 2013
Ultrasound detects fetal heart disease signs
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Ultrasound has shown that the walls of the aorta are already thickened in babies born to mothers who are overweight or obese, which may explain how these mothers increase their child's risk of subsequent heart disease, according to a study online in the Fetal and Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease of Childhood.
February 26, 2013
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