Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 58

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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Integrated CT detector improves coronary stenosis assessment
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - A new integrated circuit CT detector may improve the ability of clinicians to accurately grade coronary artery stenoses visualized during coronary CT angiography, especially when combined with thin-slice imaging and iterative reconstruction, researchers reported on Sunday at ECR 2013.
March 9, 2013
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Adults with congenital heart disease represent growing challenge
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
VIENNA - Thanks to medical progress, most babies born with congenital heart disease (CHD) now survive to adulthood. Imaging is critical for these patients, and it's important for radiologists to become familiar with the most common CHD imaging aspects and surgical procedures, according to a special focus session on Saturday at ECR 2013.
March 8, 2013
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ESC applauds EC medical device regulation proposals
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) said that the European Commission's proposal for a new regulation to govern the evaluation and approval of medical devices in Europe is an important step toward improving patient safety.
March 7, 2013
CT vendors focus on iterative reconstruction, cardiac applications
By John Bonner
VIENNA - Innovation in software technologies provides the main talking points for visitors to the CT equipment vendors' booths at the ECR 2013 commercial exhibition. Companies are demonstrating novel approaches to reducing radiation dose, improving image quality, and extending the modality's capabilities in cardiac imaging.
March 7, 2013
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Cardiac imaging comes under intense scrutiny at ECR 2013
By Mélisande Rouger
VIENNA - A panel of experts will update both general and specialized radiologists with the latest information available on cardiac imaging, during the dedicated Mini Course "Organs from A to Z: Heart," which starts today.
March 6, 2013
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