Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 57

Hannover group targets inflammation in cardiac disease
By Cynthia E. Keen
An established treatment for cancer patients can offer a novel therapeutic approach to decrease the levels of inflammation in the atherosclerotic plaques of patients with cardiovascular disease, German researchers have found.
May 5, 2013
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Postmortem MRI shows sudden cardiac death invisible at autopsy
By Eric Barnes
In results that add substantial forensic power to identifying the cause of death, postmortem cardiac 3-tesla MRI has been found to identify sudden cardiac death in cases that are invisible at conventional autopsy, according to new research published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
May 1, 2013
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ACE inhibitors can limit damage to heart, lungs from radiotherapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
Administration of an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease may help protect radiation damage to the heart and lungs from radiotherapy treatment of cancers in the chest region, according to a presentation at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology.
April 23, 2013
AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
April 22, 2013
Reader experience tied to CCTA accuracy
By Eric Barnes
Training and experience wield a huge effect on reader accuracy in coronary CT angiography (CCTA) interpretation, and current minimum standards may not be sufficient, concluded a new study published online in the European Journal of Radiology.
April 22, 2013
CT can sub for MRI in patients with ventricular tachycardia
By Eric Barnes
Late-enhancement CT can replace MRI for preprocedural evaluation of myocardial scar in patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT), according to a study from Italy. That's good news because CT actually needs to replace MRI for preprocedural planning in many VT patients who have contraindications to MRI.
April 10, 2013
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Salsa, lifestyle, and diet contribute to drop in disease
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Modest population-wide weight loss could result in dramatic reductions in the burden of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published online on 9 April in the British Medical Journal.
April 9, 2013
Virtual autopsies get boost from cardiac imaging advances
By Rosemary Frei
A team from the U.K. has reported that adding cardiac CT angiography to routine CT for postmortem imaging in suspected cases of death by coronary artery disease significantly increases the accuracy of virtual autopsies.
April 8, 2013
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Extracardiac vascular disease patients have coronary disease too
By Eric Barnes
Patients with extracardiac arterial disease have a high prevalence of occult coronary artery disease and may benefit from early detection, Dutch researchers said at last month's ECR 2013.
April 2, 2013
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GE asks for EU manufacturing permission for Optison
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare said it has applied to the European Medicines Agency to amend its marketing authorization to allow the company to manufacture its Optison echocardiography contrast agent at its own facility in Norway.
March 28, 2013
Radiotherapy boosts heart disease risk in breast cancer patients
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiation therapy has played a key role in reducing breast cancer mortality rates, but even at low doses it can increase a woman's risk of heart disease, according to new research from the University of Oxford in the U.K. published on 14 March.
March 19, 2013
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CT of mummies finds heart disease an ancient problem
By Kate Madden Yee
Using CT to image mummies from four different geographical regions -- and spanning 4,000 years of human history -- researchers have found that heart disease was common among ancient people, according to a study published online on Sunday in Lancet.
March 10, 2013
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