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Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 56
Medis achieves sale of Diagnosoft software
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medis Medical Imaging Systems has won a contract to install software from image analysis developer Diagnosoft.
August 8, 2013
Pooled blood volume dual-energy CT enters clinical arena
By
Eric Barnes
Pooled blood volume images from dual-energy CT can be a powerful tool to differentiate clinically important pulmonary embolism from less important filling defects, and can even help clinicians manage pulmonary hypertension, concluded a talk at the 2013 International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.
July 25, 2013
Cardiotoxicity from radiotherapy makes case for imaging
By
Eric Barnes
Radiotherapy of the lungs and heart have saved many patients' lives, but because radiation also harms the heart, the organ should generally be evaluated following cancer treatment, especially for higher-risk groups of patients, according to a Belgian-authored article in the
European Heart Journal.
July 23, 2013
Echocardiography not indicated for asymptomatic screening
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Echocardiography screening for structural and valvular heart disease does not lead to reduced risk of death, myocardial infarction, or stroke, according to a long-term Norwegian study published online July 22 in
JAMA Internal Medicine
.
July 21, 2013
Single-source CT equivalent to dual-source in TAVI planning
By
Eric Barnes
High-pitch single-source CT is as good as dual-source when planning for transaortic valve implantation (TAVI), an increasingly common procedure that often is effective and safer than open heart surgery, a leading European expert noted at the 2013 International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.
July 16, 2013
Coronary CT angiography not always first step for chest pain
By
Eric Barnes
Both the lowly stress test and the coronary calcium scan can help triage stable patients with chest pain, often leading to successful conservative management that sidesteps coronary CT angiography entirely, according a Dutch presentation at the International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.
July 9, 2013
Wide-area 640-slice coronary CT angiography cuts contrast dose
By
Eric Barnes
Chinese researchers performing coronary CT angiography on a wide-area CT scanner with 640-slice reconstruction found they could substantially reduce the use of contrast media -- at least in nonobese patients with well-controlled heart rates.
June 26, 2013
Charité Berlin to host cardiac CT workshop
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The department of radiology at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin plans to host a hands-on cardiac CT workshop in October.
June 25, 2013
Diagnosoft installs cardiac software in Poland
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image analysis software firm Diagnosoft has installed its cardiac image analysis software at a Polish facility.
June 17, 2013
AuntminnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By
Eric Barnes
June 17, 2013
CT perfusion salvages nondiagnostic CTA for stent assessment
By
Eric Barnes
Combining CT perfusion scans with CT angiography (CTA) can improve the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in stent patients, visualizing stenotic vessel segments that CTA alone is hard-pressed to characterize, German researchers reported today in the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
.
June 17, 2013
Simple guidelines can improve appropriateness of CCTA referrals
By
Philip Ward
LIVERPOOL, U.K. - As cardiac CT services are accessed by an ever wider range of referrers, ongoing education is needed to ensure appropriate use, and simple guidelines can achieve this effectively for cardiac CT angiography (CCTA), a leading group of researchers told attendees at this week's U.K. Radiological Conference.
June 11, 2013
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