Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 31

JFR: 29 points to safeguard radiology's future

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Radiology's in vital need of reform. That's a key conclusion of the latest publication from France's influential Professional Council of Radiology, which was unveiled at the Journées Francophones de Radiologie (JFR) congress and contains 29 proposals to ensure the profession's bright future.

October 18, 2016

CMR, scintigraphy do more to prevent unnecessary angiography

By Wayne Forrest

When physicians craft treatment plans for patients with suspected angina based on cardiovascular MRI (CMR) and SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging results, the chance of unnecessary angiographies is much less than if care is based on tried-and-tested guidelines, according to U.K. researchers.

September 18, 2016

Italy unveils new findings on thalassemia

By Philip Ward

Women appear to tolerate iron toxicity better than men, perhaps due to the effect of reduced sensitivity to chronic oxidative stress, and female thalassemia patients only require follow-up every two years, according to a large Italian study.

September 11, 2016

Radiotherapy affects heart function of breast cancer patients

By Rebekah Moan

What happens to the heart when a breast cancer patient undergoes radiotherapy (RT)? The answer has been unclear, until now. Finnish researchers found radiotherapy induced regional changes corresponding to the RT fields.

September 8, 2016

CCTA plus SPECT offer solid long-term prognosis

By Eric Barnes

Patients with positive findings on both coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging are at high risk of cardiac events, while negative results on both exams confer an excellent long-term prognosis, according to researchers from Switzerland.

September 7, 2016

Reconstruction kernel cuts artifacts in CT MPI

By Eric Barnes

A new reconstruction algorithm can erase beam-hardening artifacts in myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in dual-source CT, bolstering the reliability of the increasingly popular examination, according to a U.S.-German study in European Radiology.

September 6, 2016

DNA damage comes under fresh scrutiny

By Philip Ward

Prompted by the lively recent debate about the possible carcinogenic risk in cardiac imaging for detecting coronary artery disease, Swiss researchers say they've found no significant differences between ultralow-dose coronary CT angiography and cardiovascular MRI.

September 6, 2016

OCT identifies heart patients who can forgo stenting

By Eric Barnes

As many as one-fourth of heart attack patients who would normally have a stent implanted can forgo the procedure in favor of conservative management based on the results of optical coherence tomography (OCT), concluded U.S. researchers in a presentation at the European Society of Cardiology congress (ESC 2016) in Rome.

September 1, 2016

ESC: CT is effective gatekeeper for invasive angio

By Eric Barnes

In stable patients with chest pain and suspected coronary artery disease, using coronary CT angiography to guide the selective use of invasive coronary angiography is safer and less expensive than sending patients directly to angiography, according to results presented on Monday at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Rome.

August 31, 2016

Pope Francis visits final day of ESC 2016

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

ROME - His Holiness Pope Francis visited the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress on its final day, giving a short address to attendees at the meeting.

August 30, 2016

ESC: How do cardiologists use Twitter?

By Philip Ward

ROME - Tweeting cardiologists are an even rarer breed than tweeting radiologists, it seems. Scottish researchers could only identify 94 cardiologists who use Twitter, 55 of whom are based in the U.S., delegates at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual congress learned on Tuesday.

August 30, 2016

Achenbach: Barriers with radiology are coming down

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

ROME - The longstanding barriers between radiology and cardiology are gradually breaking down, cardiac imaging pioneer Dr. Stephan Achenbach said at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual congress on Tuesday.

August 29, 2016

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