Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 5

How can coronary CT angiography improve patient outcomes in CAD?

By Kate Madden Yee

The optimum use of coronary CT angiography can have a positive impact on coronary artery disease (CAD) cases by reducing hospitalizations for heart attacks and mortality rates, U.K. researchers have reported.

January 17, 2023

Pie releases updated version of CAAS Qardia software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch-based Pie Medical Imaging has introduced version 2.0 of its CAAS Qardia echocardiography software platform worldwide.

January 12, 2023

Patient dies during procedure due to x-ray malfunction

By Philip Ward

A 78-year-old man died after an x-ray system crashed during a cardiac catheterization procedure, according to reports in the Israeli media. The cause of the machine's crash is unknown, but it was most likely not a power failure.

December 11, 2022

ICUS launches patient ultrasound contrast assessment app

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) has launched an app for both mobile and desktop devices that helps improve echocardiography workflow and the appropriate use of ultrasound-enhancing agents.

December 11, 2022

Can a more rigorous approach to justification reduce patient deaths?

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Important questions remain unanswered after the death of a 43-year-old Australian woman who underwent a wellness scan: Should she have had the CT exam? Should the anaphylactic reaction have been better managed? What does the case tell us about the justification issue?

November 21, 2022

Not all suspected cases of acute aortic syndrome get vital CT exams

By Kate Madden Yee

Do all patients with suspected acute aortic syndrome receive CT aortography for diagnosis of the condition? Perhaps not, according to a team of New Zealand investigators.

November 20, 2022

Team Edinburgh unveils novel cardiac CT findings

By Kate Madden Yee

Scottish cardiothoracic imaging researchers have reported that quantifying a person's heart plaque using CT coronary angiography may help to determine the type of heart attack the patient is experiencing.

November 2, 2022

Spanish team shows promise of virtual reality in TAVR procedures

By Kate Madden Yee

A research group from Barcelona has reported positive findings about a virtual reality headset that uses information from multidetector CT to help interventional radiologists tailor transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures.

October 30, 2022

SERAM highlights value of cardiac imaging in wake of increasing exams

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Spanish Society of Medical Radiology (SERAM) has reported that the number of cardiac imaging examinations in Spain has tripled in recent years and cardiovascular imaging has become an essential subspecialty within the field of radiology .

September 29, 2022

Imaging demonstrates how HIV scores 'direct hit' to heart muscle

By Kate Madden Yee

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may have an impact on the heart not only via the development of coronary artery disease but also by a "direct hit to the heart muscle," a team of researchers from a top London facility has found.

September 15, 2022

GE, Lantheus highlight flurpiridaz trial results

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A phase III trial found that Lantheus Medical Imaging's flurpiridaz F-18 investigational PET radiopharmaceutical outperformed SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.

September 13, 2022

Does FFR-CT really offer value in real-world practice?

By Erik L. Ridley

In real-world clinical practice, fractional flow-reserve CT (FFR-CT) software may not yield any improvement over standard radiological assessment of coronary artery disease, according to a study published on 18 August in Clinical Radiology.

September 4, 2022

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