Cardiac Imaging: Page 89

Early screening urged for children in families with HCM
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 4 - Findings from a Swedish study indicate that children with a family history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy should be screened at an early age because risk of sudden death peaks early.
June 3, 2008
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PLC Systems to begin CIN clinical trial
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
PLC Systems of Franklin, MA, has received approval from the Centro Cardiologico Monzino of Milan, Italy, for a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the use of its RenalGuard product.
May 29, 2008
3D aortic MRI helps detect high-risk plaque
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 29 - Three-dimensional MRI using a 3-tesla system appears to be reliable and more accurate than transesophageal echocardiography for revealing aortic high-risk plaques in acute stroke patients, German researchers report in the May issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
May 28, 2008
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European cardiologists eye hand-carried ultrasound
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
European cardiologists are thinking mobile, with 73% of them expecting to employ hand-carried ultrasound technology within the next five years.
May 19, 2008
GE, Biosense Webster to collaborate
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., plans to collaborate with partner Biosense Webster to develop a real-time ultrasound device for electrophysiology procedures, the company said.
May 14, 2008
Most U.K. patients don't undergo needed coronary angiography
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 25 - Seven in 10 patients with suspected stable angina pectoris do not undergo appropriate cardiovascular testing and, as a result, have higher coronary event rates, according to a study in England. Investigators studied data for 10,634 consecutive patients with chest pain seen at one of six rapid access chest pain clinics in England between 1996 and 2002.
April 24, 2008
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Siemens adds dual-source CT install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has placed several of its imaging systems at the Wellington Hospital in North London, U.K.
April 13, 2008
TomTec enters cardiac PACS market
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
TomTec Imaging Systems of Munich, Germany, is planning to enter the market for cardiology PACS software with the launch of a product called CardioArena later this year.
March 26, 2008
Philips to buy cardiac IT firm
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare of Andover, MA, has signed a deal to buy Tomcat Systems, a developer of cardiovascular information systems software based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
March 25, 2008
Obese patients challenge efficacy of cardiac CTA
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Coronary CT angiography (CTA) is proving useful for evaluating most patients with suspected coronary artery disease, particularly since the introduction of 64-slice scanners. But information about CTA's performance in certain subpopulations, such as obese patients, is lacking. Researchers from Belgium studied whether coronary CTA was useful in this patient population, and presented their findings at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 10, 2008
Prospective gating drops cardiac CT radiation dose
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - Prospective gating has emerged as a promising method for reducing radiation dose in coronary CT angiography (CTA) studies. Monday at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Italian researchers confirmed previous results in using prospective gating to reduce dose to as little as 2.8 mSv per heart study, while a German group discussed its effort to further refine prospective gating by making it more accurate.
March 9, 2008
Zonare debuts version 3.5 of z.one at ECR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
VIENNA - Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, has released version 3.5 of its z.one scanner platform at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 8, 2008
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