Cardiac Imaging: Page 92

Multisection CT accurately detects coronary stent restenosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 31 - In-stent restenosis can be accurately assessed by 64-section CT in selected patients, according to a report in the November issue of Radiology. Dr. Jeroen J. Bax from Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands, and colleagues evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of 64-section CT for the assessment of in-stent or persistent restenosis in 50 consecutive patients, with conventional coronary angiography as the reference standard.

October 30, 2007

Philips to acquire Raytel

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch industrial conglomerate Royal Philips Electronics plans to acquire Windsor, CT-based home cardiac monitoring services provider Raytel Cardiac Services from SHL Telemedicine, the company reported.

October 3, 2007

Agfa launches Impax CV suite at ESC

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Mortsel, Belgium-based Agfa HealthCare is launching its new Impax Cardiovascular (CV) Suite of software at the 2007 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Vienna.

September 3, 2007

Study: CT market expands in Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The growing potential of cardiac imaging applications, the scope for innovation in various new clinical applications, and the constant improvement in the speed of scans are three drivers of the European CT market.

September 3, 2007

Men and women may need different heart treatments

By Reuters Health

VIENNA (Reuters), Sep 4 - The same invasive treatments for acute heart problems that can save lives in men may actually harm women, although reasons for this are unclear, researchers told the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual meeting on Monday. Study participants were divided into two equal groups and either given a routine invasive heart x-ray, followed by a heart procedure if needed, or simply monitored and only x-rayed if they showed symptoms.

September 3, 2007

Medtronic launches CareLink in Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional technology firm Medtronic has received CE Mark approval for its CareLink Network with Conexus Wireless Telemetry, and the company plans to debut the device in the European Union.

August 29, 2007

TomTec launches 4D ultrasound

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound visualization developer TomTec Imaging Systems said it plans to debut a new version of its 4D RV-Function software at the 2007 European Society of Cardiology congress, to be held September 1-5 in Vienna, Austria.

August 29, 2007

Giant virtual reality chamber boosts 3D echo accuracy

By Eric Barnes

Have you ever diagnosed a three-foot-tall 3D heart? Talk about cardiomegaly. Researchers from the Netherlands who survived the experience found they could diagnose valve defects that went unnoticed in a standard 2D exam. At the 2007 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting in Berlin, Anton Koning, Ph.D., from Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam discussed how 3D visualizes complex pathology of the heart and how image display can be improved with different kinds of VR (virtual reality) systems.

August 1, 2007

Living near busy road may promote atherosclerosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 17 - The closer a person lives to heavy traffic, the more likely he or she is to have atherosclerosis, also referred to as "hardening of the arteries," a chief risk factor for heart disease and stroke, German researchers report. While several studies have linked air pollution with particulate matter to a greater risk of heart attack, there is little evidence on whether this is due to short- or long-term exposure, the team notes in the journal, Circulation.

July 16, 2007

Drug-eluting stents cut odds of revascularization in MI patients

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 25 - Use of drug-eluting stents rather than bare-metal ones reduces the likelihood of revascularization in MI patients without an increase in the risk of death or another MI, a meta-analysis of trial data suggests.

May 24, 2007

Pie to launch CAAS MRV 3.2 at ISMRM show

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch imaging firm Pie Medical Imaging is demonstrating the newest version of its CAAS MRV quantitative image analysis software at this week's International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting in Berlin.

May 20, 2007

Two-segment CTA reconstruction aids images, not accuracy

By Eric Barnes

For patients with faster heart rates, the use of two-segment reconstruction improves image quality at 64-slice coronary CT angiography (CTA), according to a study from Germany. Among all patients, however, accuracy was not improved using two-segment when compared to single-segment reconstruction.

May 20, 2007

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