Cardiac Imaging: Page 82

Abbott takes Xience Prime stent overseas

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Abbott Laboratories has launched its Xience Prime drug-eluting coronary stent system in Europe and in select countries in Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

August 30, 2009

TomTec launches new M'Ath software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Imaging software developer TomTec Imaging Systems has launched its new vascular analysis product, M'Ath (measure of atherosclerosis), as part of its CardioArena multimodality imaging suite.

August 24, 2009

Stents give good results for unprotected left coronary disease

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 20 - Stenting is a feasible treatment for unprotected left main coronary artery disease and is associated with good long-term outcomes, according to data from the Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting registry.

August 19, 2009

Siemens gets U.K. MRI order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has taken an order for its Magnetom Verio 3-tesla MRI system from the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

August 18, 2009

Primary PCI vs. prehospital lysis for MI: similar survival

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 19 - Five-year survival is similar whether patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) are treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or prehospital lysis followed by transfer to an interventional facility.

August 18, 2009

Dual-source CT can reduce radiation exposure with optimization protocols

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 12 - Radiation exposure can be reduced using dual-source CT instead of 16- or 64-slice CT for coronary angiography, but only if dose optimization protocols are used, according to a report in the August 15 issue of Heart.

August 11, 2009

GE installs first Discovery SPECT/CT

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has completed the first installations of its new cadmium zinc telluride-based SPECT/CT nuclear cardiology camera, Discovery NM/CT 570c.

August 10, 2009

Some stenoses go undiagnosed with 64-slice CCTA

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Anatomic discordance and, in some cases, the reader's failure to accurately quantify intermediate stenosis, results in limited per-segment sensitivity for 64-detector-row coronary CT angiography (CCTA), concludes a new study in the August issue of Radiology.

August 9, 2009

Dual-source coronary CTA has advantages over 64-slice

By Eric Barnes

Even in patients with well-controlled heart rates, dual-source coronary CT angiography (CTA) delivers significantly higher specificity and accuracy per coronary segment compared to 64-detector-row CTA, concludes a new study from Switzerland.

August 6, 2009

IAEA study finds that interventional dose may be too high

By Brian Casey

Many patients at hospitals in developing countries may be getting too much radiation dose during interventional radiology and cardiology procedures, according to a study sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and published in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

August 4, 2009

Lower-kilovoltage coronary CTA maintains image quality

By Eric Barnes

In a study that included all but the heaviest cardiac imaging patients, European and Japanese researchers were able to cut radiation dose by 31% in coronary CT angiography (CTA) studies by reducing the kilovoltage from 120 kV to 100 kV, with no difference in image quality.

August 4, 2009

Dual-source CTA turns in mixed results for coronary stenoses

By Wayne Forrest

Dual-source CT angiography (CTA) achieves a high negative predictive value in excluding coronary artery stenoses in patients with stable coronary artery disease, but the modality is "very limited" in its ability to predict the presence of ischemia, according to a study by German researchers.

July 29, 2009

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