Cardiac Imaging: Page 94

CT superior to MRI for detecting coronary artery disease

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 19 - While CT, unlike MRI, involves the use of radiation and intravenous contrast agents, it is more accurate in detecting coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine for September 19.

September 18, 2006

Plaque inflammation seen contralateral to symptomatic carotid stenosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 15 - Dr. Jonathan Gillard of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and colleagues used ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO)-enhanced MRI to explore signs of inflammation in 20 symptomatic patients.

September 14, 2006

Patients with AMI have multiple unstable carotid plaques

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 15 - In a study published in the August issue of the International Journal of Cardiology, 69 consecutive patients with AMI and 95 patients without coronary events underwent carotid artery duplex ultrasound.

September 14, 2006

Drug-eluting stents beneficial for treatment of acute MI

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 14 - Drug-eluting stents, either coated with sirolimus or paclitaxel, are safe for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute MI with ST-segment elevation. In one study, at eight months, 170 patients underwent angiography. Uncoated stents were associated with significantly greater in-stent late luminal loss and in-stent restenosis.

September 13, 2006

Study urged to assess late thrombosis risk with drug-eluting stents

By Reuters Health

CHICAGO (Reuters), Sep 12 - A leading U.S. cardiologist called on Friday for a sweeping study to evaluate the risks of potentially fatal blood clots related to drug-eluting coronary stents. Late-stent thrombosis risks were the center of debate at a cardiology meeting earlier this week in Barcelona.

September 11, 2006

Ultrasound screening reveals unknown cardiovascular risk in women

By Edward Susman

Sonographic screening can correctly identify women who may be at risk of heart disease or stroke, especially when traditional risk assessment methods fall short, according to a presentation at the 2006 European Society of Cardiology's World Congress of Cardiology in Barcelona, Spain.

September 11, 2006

Drug-eluting stents perform best in small coronary lesions

By Reuters Health

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters Health), Sep 6 - Drug-eluting stents are most advantageous when used in small coronary arteries or in bypass grafts, according to findings from a team of Swiss cardiologists who reported their results at the 15th World Congress of Cardiology here.

September 5, 2006

Multislice CT almost as good as IVUS in acute coronary syndromes

By Edward Susman

BARCELONA - In the early stage of acute coronary syndrome, 16-slice multidetector-row CT can locate the culprit lesion, according to a presentation this week at the European Society of Cardiology's World Congress of Cardiology. Researchers from University Hospital in Bordeaux, France compared 16-slice CT to 40-MHz catheter-based intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).

September 5, 2006

Low ankle-brachial index: atherosclerosis risk factor

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 23 - A low ankle-brachial index (ABI) is prevalent in patients with established atherothrombotic disease and is present in nearly one-third of those at risk, report investigators with the international "a Global Atherothrombosis Assessment (AGATHA)" study.

August 22, 2006

Coronary calcification slows after kidney transplantation

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 15 - In patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who undergo kidney transplantation, coronary artery calcification (CAC) progresses in the early post-transplant period, but slows thereafter, research shows.

August 14, 2006

Coronary stent loss uncommon, but can have serious consequences

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 14 - As they report in the American Journal of Cardiology for August 1, Dr. Juergen Kammler and colleagues from General Hospital Linz in Austria assessed with CT the occurrence of coronary stent loss in 7,139 stent implantation procedures performed at their hospital between 1995 and 2004.

August 13, 2006

Free fat acids independently associated with cardiovascular mortality

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 4 - Levels of free fat acids are associated with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease, Austrian and German researchers report. They examined data from 3,315 Caucasian subjects in an ongoing study of coronary artery disease. The patients were followed for a median of 5.38 years and all subjects underwent coronary angiography at baseline.

August 3, 2006

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