Cardiac Imaging: Page 79

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

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

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

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

Medtronic brings SureScan to Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional technology firm Medtronic has released its Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacemaker in selected European markets.

March 16, 2010

FDA, Health Canada approve Polish moly

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have approved the use of the Maria Research Reactor in Poland as a site to irradiate highly enriched uranium targets for molybdenum-99 production, according to healthcare technology firm Covidien.

March 10, 2010

CTA superior to exercise testing for evaluation of suspected coronary artery disease

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 8 - Exercise testing is sensitive for coronary artery disease when ST-segment changes, angina, and hemodynamic variables are considered -- but it's still not as sensitive as CT angiography (CTA), a study from Denmark shows.

March 7, 2010

Rcadia receives CE Mark for COR Analyzer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection developer Rcadia Medical Imaging has received the European CE Mark for its COR Analyzer software.

March 7, 2010

Toshiba highlights CT software at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

VIENNA - Toshiba Medical Systems Europe is highlighting new software applications for functional CT imaging at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 5, 2010

Coronary CTA predicts long-term outcomes

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - A decade's worth of coronary CT angiography (CTA) studies is starting to reveal the modality's long-term predictive powers, if a study from one of Poland's largest heart centers is any indication.

March 5, 2010

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