Cardiac Imaging: Page 88

Cardiac function normal in children with perinatal glucocorticoid exposure
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 25 - Perinatal glucocorticoid therapy to reduce the incidence and severity of chronic lung disease in preterm infants does not appear to harm cardiac function in childhood, according to a retrospective Dutch study.
August 24, 2008
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Philips to aid EU heart study
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare will participate in a new research project funded by the European Union called euHeart, designed to improve the diagnosis, therapy planning, and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
August 19, 2008
Agfa integrates Barco 3D software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image display and advanced visualization firm Barco said that a new version of its Voxar 3D advanced visualization software has been integated into Agfa HealthCare's Impax PACS software.
August 18, 2008
Quantitative stress echo can reliably find coronary artery disease
By Erik L. Ridley
Quantitative stress echocardiography with contrast-based myocardial blood flow measurements can successfully detect coronary artery disease, according to research published online in Heart.
August 17, 2008
Liver fat a key determinant of 'metabolically benign obesity'
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 12 - Close to one-third of obese individuals are "metabolically healthy" and at low risk for heart disease, whereas a quarter of normal-weight individuals are metabolically abnormal with numerous cardiac risk factors, according to two reports in the August 11/25 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
August 11, 2008
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Siemens completes Northampton installations
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has installed its Artis zee cardiac angiography system and its Somatom Definition AS CT scanner at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust in the U.K.
August 11, 2008
Cyclosporine during MI may limit reperfusion injury
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 4 - Administration of cyclosporine at the time of percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) appears to limit the size of the infarct, according to results of a small randomized trial in France.
August 3, 2008
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GE moves Optison agent through EU regulation
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has withdrawn the marketing authorization for GE Healthcare's Optison ultrasound contrast agent, a move that the company said is a routine part of the firm's effort to renew regulatory approval for the product.
July 22, 2008
Direct emergency admission to catheterization lab reduces time to intervention
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 23 - Direct ambulance admission to the cardiac catheterization laboratory significantly reduces the time to performance of primary percutaneous intervention, according to a report in the June issue of the American Heart Journal.
July 22, 2008
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Increased carotid distension an independent predictor of coronary events
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 17 - B-mode ultrasonography is a simple, noninvasive way to assess carotid distension, which is an independent predictor of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the elderly, French researchers report.
July 16, 2008
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Study: Heart scan radiation dose lower with dual-source CT
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A new study from the University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland has found that dual-source CT achieves a lower effective radiation dosage for a heart examination than conventional CT.
July 16, 2008
BMI installs Siemens 128-slice CT
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
BMI-The London Independent Hospital in the U.K. has installed a 128-slice Somatom Definition AS+ CT scanner from Siemens Healthcare.
July 16, 2008
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