Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 44

Arab Health: Why CT really can rule supreme in coronaries

By Philip Ward

DUBAI - CT is now the gold standard for ruling out coronary artery stenoses and coronary anomalies. It can also be useful for coronary artery bypass graft and electrophysiology studies, as well as investigations of pulmonary veins, delegates learned on the opening day of Arab Health.

January 25, 2015

CT yields lower calcium scores in obese patients

By Eric Barnes

Coronary artery calcium scores are underestimated significantly in larger patients compared with smaller ones -- enough to potentially alter their risk stratification, according to researchers from the Netherlands.

January 22, 2015

Echo groups release new quantification guidance

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging have jointly released a new document that updates the worldwide standard for quantifying cardiac chamber size and function on ultrasound scans.

January 5, 2015

Ronald Grainger: Radiology loses one of its greats

By Dr. Adrian Thomas

When Dr. Ronald Grainger died in the autumn, radiology lost one of its greats. He was joint editor of the profession's "bible," Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology, and the first professor of radiology in Sheffield, U.K. Dr. Adrian Thomas pays a personal tribute.

December 22, 2014

U.K. issues new advice on coronary CT angiography

By Philip Ward

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has published recommendations for the safe use of coronary CT angiography to investigate patients with chest pain. The 26-page document can be downloaded for free from the RCR's website and includes practical information.

December 15, 2014

Motion casts bigger shadow than iterative reconstruction on calcium scores

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - Fast-moving coronary arteries exert a huge influence on coronary calcium scores, but not all scores go in the same direction, according to new research from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

December 2, 2014

Radiation awareness: Where do we stand?

By Philip Ward

Knowledge of radiation dose and risk is poor among all radiology staff, but particularly among radiographers/technologists, and significant underestimation of dose and cancer risk is widespread, according to a new study.

November 25, 2014

Study: Results may vary with cardiac PET software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cardiac PET software applications can produce significantly different results in myocardial blood-flow analysis, a multinational research team reported in the November issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

November 18, 2014

3D ultrasound goes ultrafast

By Jon Cartwright

Scientists in France have developed a new type of ultrasound that can produce 3D videos at thousands of frames per second. It builds on 2D ultrafast ultrasound, and has already enabled its creators to witness blood flowing through the chambers of a human heart in real-time.

November 10, 2014

AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider

By Eric Barnes

November 3, 2014

CT values determine coronary stenosis severity

By Eric Barnes

A novel technique developed in the Netherlands promises to determine stenosis severity in coronary CT angiography noninvasively -- and without the complexity of fluid dynamics calculations used in other noninvasive CT examinations, according to an article-in-press by the European Journal of Radiology.

November 3, 2014

German study lends support to rethink on chest pain

By Frances Rylands-Monk

New analysis from Germany supports a dramatic change in the management of patients with ongoing chest pain and psychological problems after angiographic exclusion of heart disease. Its results call into question repeat or further investigative procedures.

November 3, 2014

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