Cardiac Imaging: Page 77

Cardiac resynchronization improves brain perfusion in heart failure

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 11 - When cardiac resynchronization improves left ventricular function in heart failure patients, it improves their cerebral blood flow as well, a small study has shown.

August 10, 2010

Enhanced reference standard boosts CTA accuracy

By Eric Barnes

Borrowing a technique from the virtual colonoscopy playbook, researchers from South Carolina and Germany found that coronary CT angiography (CTA) is better than previously thought compared to catheter-based coronary angiography -- in fact the two tests are essentially equivalent, they said.

August 3, 2010

Supersized CONFIRM trial tackles coronary CTA and mortality

By Eric Barnes

In a study that probes what may be the largest database of detailed coronary CT angiography (CTA) results assembled to date, New York City researchers found an integral association between coronary artery disease and mortality at coronary CTA in patients without known heart disease.

July 29, 2010

Cardiac dysfunction common in young adults after childhood cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 27 - Young adult survivors of childhood cancer have an "alarmingly" high rate of subclinical cardiac dysfunction, researchers reported July 26 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

July 26, 2010

Myocardial echo bests SPECT in assessing hibernating myocardium

By Erik L. Ridley

Myocardial contrast echocardiography can outperform SPECT for assessing hibernating myocardium in ischemic cardiomyopathy, London researchers report in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

July 25, 2010

Magnetic systems reduce ablation radiation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Magnetic navigation systems reduce both procedure times and fluoroscopy radiation exposure for children undergoing catheter ablations, according to a study published in the July 1 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology.

July 1, 2010

Cardiovascular risk assessment not improved with carotid measure

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 23 - Even though carotid intima media thickness independently predicts cardiovascular disease events, this parameter does not add useful information to traditional risk factor assessment in the general population, investigators in Germany report.

June 22, 2010

F-18 NaF PET/CT can help with atherosclerotic plaque detection

By Wayne Forrest

German researchers have found that F-18 sodium fluoride (F-18 NaF) PET/CT may provide "relevant information about the morphologic and functional properties of calcified plaque," according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

June 10, 2010

PET/CT may improve therapy for congestive heart failure patients

By Wayne Forrest

SALT LAKE CITY - German researchers have found that FDG-PET/CT can help determine when cardiac resynchronization therapy is ineffective, and it can identify risk factors that could alter the course of treatment for patients with congestive heart failure, according to a study presented Sunday at the SNM meeting.

June 6, 2010

MeVis increases stake in Medis

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions has increased its stake in Medis Holding to 41%.

June 1, 2010

Coronary CT angiography valuable in asymptomatic patients, safer than ever

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 28 - In patients with elevated cardiac risk but without cardiac symptoms, coronary CT angiography can reliably predict cardiac events and assess cardiovascular risk, German researchers reported online April 30 in the American Journal of Cardiology.

May 27, 2010

GE touts ADMIRE-HF trial results

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A new cardiac radiopharmaceutical being developed by GE Healthcare is showing an ability to predict cardiac events in symptomatic heart failure patients, according to results published in the May 18 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

May 20, 2010

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