Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 69

Siemens installs Artis zee at U.K. hospital
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has installed its Artis zee system at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Lancashire, U.K. The floor-mounted system with a 20 x 20 detector is being used for interventional cardiology in the hospital's newly opened interventional laboratory.
November 29, 2011
CCTA beats calcium score for detecting obstructive disease
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Coronary artery calcium scoring has enormous value for predicting future cardiac events, according to decades of solid research. But it falls short of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) for predicting the presence of obstructive disease in patients with acute chest pain, said researchers from Italy at the RSNA 2011 congress.
November 29, 2011
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Biotronik unveils MR-compatible defibrillator
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Biomedical device company Biotronik of Berlin announced that its Lumax 740 implantable cardiac defibrillator has received CE Mark approval, and already is being used in European hospitals.
November 22, 2011
ESC delves into guidelines after research scandal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dr. Don Poldermans, PhD, was dismissed by the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands on 16 November following an academic inquiry into his research methods, and now the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is investigating clinical guidelines he worked on.
November 22, 2011
Philips, Düsseldorf hospital get Medica award
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The research group of Philips Healthcare and Düsseldorf University Hospital were awarded a Medica Excellence Award in the category of Cooperation and Partnership with Industry.
November 21, 2011
Munich group relies on 3T to boost viability of cardiac MRI
By Philip Ward
The introduction of 3-tesla MRI into clinical practice has made cardiac MRI a more powerful tool for determining myocardial vitality, perfusion, and function. The technology can help identify coronary stenoses and avoid unnecessary stent implantations in patients with intermediate lesions, German researchers found.
November 10, 2011
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AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
November 7, 2011
Partial results: Effect of heart rate and rhythm on dose and scan length
November 7, 2011
Fast heart rates, abnormal rhythms boost CT dose, scan time
By Eric Barnes
Different heart rates and rhythms have a big impact on radiation dose levels in 64-detector-row coronary CT angiography, German researchers have found in a new study published in the European Journal of Radiology.
November 7, 2011
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EANM: Options widen in myocardial perfusion scans
By Alexander Ward
Birmingham, which reputedly has more canals than Venice, was the venue for the European Association of Nuclear Medicine's (EANM) 2011 congress, where a leading U.K. cardiac imaging specialist presented information about a new-generation pharmacological stress agent.
November 7, 2011
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Budapest meeting gets revamped
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Association of Echocardiography has changed the name of its annual meeting, being held in Budapest, Hungary, from 7 to 10 December, to EuroEcho and Other Imaging Modalities.
October 23, 2011
Tool fuses CTA and perfusion MR for cardiac evaluation
By Eric Barnes
An experimental software tool that combines the analytical power of coronary CT angiography (CTA) and MR perfusion images of the heart can provide a comprehensive assessment of coronary artery patency and cardiac function that is superior to examining both separately, according to a new study.
October 18, 2011
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