Cardiac Imaging: Page 78

Cystatin C better than Cr for detecting contrast-induced kidney injury
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 20 - Measurement of serum cystatin C helps diagnose early acute contrast-induced kidney injury, and it also helps predict its course, Italian researchers report. They studied 410 patients with chronic kidney disease who underwent coronary and/or peripheral angiography and/or angioplasty.
May 19, 2010
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Diagnostic balloon occlusion in normal coronary arteries is safe
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 18 - Diagnostic balloon occlusion is safe in normal coronary arteries, researchers say. They studied outcomes of the procedure in 133 patients with 141 entirely normal coronary arteries and 183 patients with 285 partially normal arteries (at least one stenotic lesion).
May 17, 2010
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Male smokers having CABG have high AAA prevalence
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 5 - Some men having coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery -- especially smokers -- should also be screened for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), even if they're younger than screening guideline thresholds, French researchers suggest.
May 4, 2010
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Study questions value of pricey heart screening
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LONDON (Reuters), Apr 26 - Examining patient records to pick out those at high risk of developing heart disease is cheaper and just as effective as screening all adults between ages 40 and 74, a British study showed on Monday.
April 25, 2010
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Coronary disease common in antiphospholipid syndrome
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 22 - A substantial minority of patients with antiphospholipid syndrome have subclinical coronary disease, French researchers report. They came to this conclusion after examining 108 patients using late gadolinium-enhanced cardiac MRI.
April 21, 2010
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Esaote inks Italian deal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Esaote has signed an agreement to implement its cardiac information system and PACS software in the cardiology departments of the Villa Maria Group in Italy.
April 15, 2010
High rates of silent cerebral emboli after transfemoral aortic valve implantation
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 12 - Silent cerebral embolism is common after transfemoral aortic valve implantation, German researchers report in the April 6 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
April 11, 2010
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Less DNA damage seen after high-pitch coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
High-pitch dual-source CT angiography (CTA) scans produce significantly less radiation-related DNA damage than comparable low-pitch dual-source CTA scans -- and, importantly, the DNA results correspond to both measured and derived biological radiation doses, say researchers from Erlangen, Germany.
April 8, 2010
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Cardiac cath delivers high radiation doses to operators
By Eric Barnes
The rapid development of new cardiac stents and other medical devices is opening up a world of possibilities for interventional procedures in the cath lab -- but it's also exposing equipment operators to ever-higher radiation doses.
April 4, 2010
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Heart rate key to image quality in low-dose coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
Heart rate control is an important factor for success in prospectively gated coronary CT angiography (CTA). But once patients are beta-blocked, the success rate is high and the doses are uniformly low, according to a new study by Swiss researchers.
March 28, 2010
Visbion lands large U.K. PACS order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
PACS vendor Visbion has received a contract from the North of England Cardiovascular Network.
March 22, 2010
Coronary CT angiography identifies high-risk diabetics
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 18 - In diabetic patients without known coronary artery disease, computed tomographic (CT) angiography can identify patients at high risk for "hard" cardiac events, German researchers report in a March 3 online paper in Diabetes Care.
March 17, 2010
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