Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 38

Cardiac ablation: Improving the accuracy

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Shear-wave elastography is showing promise for guidance of focused ultrasound-based cardiac ablation. Researchers from France have designed a transesophageal device that can both deliver high-intensity focused ultrasound and perform imaging.

October 26, 2015

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CT technique can reduce invasive heart tests

In what is thought to be the largest trial of its kind to date, U.S. and Italian researchers have found that an algorithm measuring blood flow through the coronary arteries based on data from CT images can prevent unnecessary catheterizations.

October 25, 2015

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October 11, 2015

MRI proves value in coronary artery disease

For patients with suspected coronary artery disease, initial perfusion cardiac MR plus invasive angiography if needed is cheaper than initial invasive angiography or angiography plus fractional flow reserve, according to research at last month's European Society of Cardiology meeting.

October 11, 2015

Fraunhofer MEVIS develops faster cardiac MR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

An interdisciplinary research group from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and the Fraunhofer Institute for Medical Image Computing (MEVIS) has co-developed a new cardiac MRI technique with faster image acquisition and software for the analysis of the resulting ECG-free multi-cyclic image sequences.

October 7, 2015

Acutus highlights cardiac mapping software research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Heart rhythm software developer Acutus Medical is highlighting a study of its AcQMap imaging and mapping system that was presented this week at the annual Heart Rhythm Congress in Birmingham, U.K.

October 5, 2015

Automated calcium scoring CT is fast, accurate

Dutch researchers have built an algorithm that identifies and quantifies coronary artery calcium from CT scans, paving the way for faster deployment of a test that is increasingly important in measuring the likelihood of heart disease.

September 28, 2015

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Use of chaperones can help in intimate exams

For anybody with a fear of conducting intimate patient examinations, help is at hand. The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists has published a special free document that includes practical guidance on the use of chaperones and other hot topics.

September 22, 2015

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Germans release new MRI guidelines on pacemakers

The European Society of Cardiology has oversimplified the complex task of conducting MRI exams of pacemaker patients, according to the German Radiological Society (DRG). Radiologists must know the current advice and work closely with cardiologists, says the DRG.

September 21, 2015

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DTI-MRI links hypertension to brain damage, cognitive deficits

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers using diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) have found that high blood pressure can damage nerve tracts that connect different parts of the brain, according to a study presented this week at the American Heart Association's 2015 Hypertension Scientific Sessions in Washington, DC.

September 17, 2015

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MRI boosts follow-up in myocardial infarction

A multicenter cardiac MRI study has provided fresh insight into left ventricular thrombus formation following ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Dr. Janine Poess, a cardiologist from Lübeck, Germany, presented details of the study at the recent European Society of Cardiology annual meeting.

September 13, 2015

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September 8, 2015

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