Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 64

ISCT: CT angiography predicts need for coronary intervention
By Rebekah Moan
SAN FRANCISCO - Dual-source coronary CT angiography showed high diagnostic accuracy for predicting the need for coronary intervention in what its investigators are calling the largest multicenter trial to date, according to results presented on Wednesday at the International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT) meeting.
June 20, 2012
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Philips opens manufacturing plant in India
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Royal Philips Electronics, the parent company of Philips Healthcare, has opened its first facility in India to manufacture diagnostic imaging equipment.
June 18, 2012
Coronary CT angiography proves accurate for both sexes
By Eric Barnes
A multiyear Dutch study has found that coronary CT angiography delivers similar diagnostic accuracy in men and women. Numerous factors separating the sexes in evaluation of coronary artery disease have conspired against this conclusion, but the trial found sensitivity and specificity were within close range for men and women.
June 18, 2012
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AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
June 11, 2012
320-detector CT angiography covers aorta, coronaries
By Eric Barnes
Using ECG-gated 320-detector-row CT, cardiac imaging researchers have developed a CT angiography scan protocol that includes the heart and the entire aorta in four or five heartbeats -- all using prospective gating that reduces the radiation dose to reasonable levels considering the scan length.
June 11, 2012
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Echo screening detects more rheumatic heart disease
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Routing screening with echocardiography can find three times as many cases of rheumatic heart disease compared to clinical evaluation, according to a study published in Circulation.
June 11, 2012
Research and Markets publishes cardiovascular PACS report
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Market research firm Research and Markets has published a global strategic research report on the worldwide markets for cardiovascular PACS.
June 11, 2012
Echocardiography finds heart disease in arthritis patients
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Speckle-tracking echocardiography can spot early abnormalities in heart function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European League Against Rheumatism in Berlin.
June 5, 2012
From Russia without love? Cardiac turf battles loom large
By Frances Rylands-Monk
A meeting due to be held on Wednesday, 6 June, in Moscow will focus on the issue of postgraduate cardiology education and training -- and specifically the use of imaging techniques by cardiologists. To date, most imaging procedures in Russia have been uniquely in the remit of radiologists.
June 4, 2012
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Cardiac CT equivalent to MRI for post-transplant evaluations
By Eric Barnes
Dual-source CT is as accurate as MRI, and better than echo, for evaluating the left ventriculum years after patients receive transplanted hearts, according to a joint Spanish and Italian study in the European Journal of Radiology that compared dual-source CT and echocardiography with cardiac MRI.
June 3, 2012
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EuroPCR keynote attracts attention at Paris event
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Interventional cardiologists and interventional vascular radiologists have the ideal background to support interventional neuroradiologists in providing 24-hour cover for stroke patients who need mechanical thrombectomy of cerebral arteries, according to a keynote presentation given at this week's EuroPCR meeting in Paris.
May 15, 2012
Pie Medical shows cardiac software at EuroPCR in Paris
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Imaging firm Pie Medical Imaging is exhibiting its suite of structural heart software products at the EuroPCR conference in Paris this week.
May 14, 2012
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