Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 50

Lower tube voltage reduces dose in stress CT perfusion MPI

By Eric Barnes

Low-dose stress CT myocardial perfusion imaging of the heart is feasible at a tube current of 80 kV, producing image quality equivalent to 100 kV in a group of nonobese patients with a lower radiation dose, reported a team from Japan in European Radiology.

February 24, 2014

Cardiac CT or cath? Berlin's Charité launches study

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Scientists and researchers from 28 institutions in 20 European countries gathered this week at Berlin's Charité Hospital to launch DISCHARGE.

February 13, 2014

ESR holds out olive branch to European Society of Cardiology

By Philip Ward

Cardiologists and radiologists often stick to their own congresses, but this may change after the European Society of Radiology (ESR) has held out the hand of friendship to the European Society of Cardiology. Part two of our interview with ECR 2014 President Dr. Valentin Sinitsyn looks at this initiative.

February 11, 2014

MediMatic secures Norwegian contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cardiology information management firm MediMatic has signed a contract with a Norwegian health provider, the company said.

February 6, 2014

German societies unite for Kardiodiagnostik meeting

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The German Radiology Society and the German Cardiology Society will be hosting the sixth version of their joint cardiac imaging meeting in Leipzig between 20 and 22 February.

February 4, 2014

Esaote builds North American sales force

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Esaote North America said it's forming a new sales force to offer Pie Medical Imaging's 3mensio Structural Heart software.

February 4, 2014

Russian radiology prepares to step into limelight at ECR 2014

By Philip Ward

For the first time, there will be a Russian president of ECR next month: Dr. Valentin Sinitsyn, who is also one of the youngest presidents at 53. In the first part of our series of weekly articles looking ahead to ECR 2014, we discuss what this development means for radiology in Russia.

February 4, 2014

Wide-area CT, iterative recon cut dose in CABG evaluations

By Eric Barnes

The combination of 256-detector-row CT and iterative reconstruction can reduce dose significantly even in hard-to-evaluate coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG), according to an Italian study.

January 30, 2014

Italians develop novel strategy for CT-detected silent tumors

By Frances Rylands-Monk

New research from Italy has highlighted how the use of CT is uncovering a growing number of incidental findings. About 4% of CT scans will detect a subclinical "silent" tumor in the adrenal gland, which presents a challenge due to inadequate information, according to the study authors.

January 29, 2014

Is point-of-care ultrasound the new stethoscope?

By Erik L. Ridley

The role of point-of-care ultrasound in developing countries, the need for early ultrasound education, and the expansion of point-of-care cardiac ultrasound are among the featured topics in the latest issue of the World Heart Federation's Global Heart journal.

January 26, 2014

Coronary CTA identifies patients at risk of coronary syndrome

By Rabia Mughal

A negative coronary CT angiography (CTA) has a high predictive value for ruling out acute coronary syndrome and can decrease the hospital stay of patients who come to emergency rooms complaining of severe chest pain, according to a new study conducted in Saudi Arabia.

January 18, 2014

CMR ties MI scar length to ventricular tachycardia cycle

By Eric Barnes

A study of patients with previous myocardial infraction (MI) undergoing late-gadolinium enhancement cardiac MR (LGE-CMR) found that scar length is strongly correlated to ventricular tachycardia cycle length, according to a study in Europace.

January 16, 2014

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