Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 73

ESC: Cardiac MRI challenges SPECT in Paris debate
By John Brosky
PARIS - The new guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) are unequivocal in strongly recommending functional testing before any invasive procedure for myocardial revascularization. Yet the choice of a test is left to the cardiologist who faces conflicting evidence.
August 29, 2011
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SuperSonic debuts UltraFast Doppler at WFUMB
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
French ultrasound technology firm SuperSonic Imagine has unveiled its new UltraFast Doppler technology at the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) congress in Vienna.
August 25, 2011
X-ray-guided procedures can have protective cellular effects
By Becky McCall
Chronic exposure to low-dose radiation may have clear biological and biochemical effects that represent a cellular protective response to harmful radiation, according to a paper published in this week's European Heart Journal that examined the impact of exposure on interventional cardiologists.
August 24, 2011
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Cardiac arrest strikes young and old athletes alike
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research from France suggests that young, competitive athletes account for only a fraction of sports-related cardiac arrests, in which the heart stops beating without warning. Rather, most cardiac arrests may happen in adult men playing recreational sports, the study found.
August 24, 2011
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Philips rolls out new Xcelera release
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has introduced version R3.2 of its Xcelera cardiology image and information management system.
August 23, 2011
Prospective ECG-triggered cardiac CT lowers radiation dose
By Rebekah Moan
A certain type of prospective ECG-triggered cardiac CT accurately quantifies left and right ventricular function and myocardial mass in comparison with cardiac MRI, and lowers radiation dose, researchers of an online study in the European Journal of Radiology find.
August 23, 2011
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Echo before noncardiac surgery does not improve outcomes
By Eric Barnes
Patients who undergo preoperative echocardiography before surgery die slightly more often in the months following noncardiac surgery, according to a study in the British Medical Journal. However, the researchers emphasize the association does not imply a causal link.
August 22, 2011
Treatment guidelines for chronic heart failure receive overhaul
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of chronic heart failure in adults in the August 16 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. These new guidelines update and make important changes compared with prior recommendations issued by NICE in 2003.
August 15, 2011
Flat-detector CT helps diagnose congenital heart disease
By Eric Barnes
They require a little more contrast and dose, but catheterization procedures performed with flat-detector CT offer high-resolution images that can improve the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in children, according to a new study in European Radiology.
August 7, 2011
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High-pitch stent assessment drives down dose
By Eric Barnes
Physicians in Singapore are evaluating stent patency using extremely low radiation doses with the aid of dual-source MDCT, according to a presentation at the recent Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting in Denver.
August 2, 2011
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Stem cell regeneration of heart tissue methods await refining
By Eric Barnes
An original paper in European Radiology scans the many promising developments in stem cell regeneration of cardiac tissue following myocardial infarction. Researchers from the Netherlands find there is no "best method" in cell tracking but rather an array of techniques.
July 26, 2011
Germans support imaging arrhythmia patients with single-beat CT
By Rebekah Moan
Single-beat cardiac CT not only allows for dose reduction and high accuracy, but also for greater flexibility in imaging patients with arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, and shortness of breath, said a researcher from Charité Medical University in Berlin.
July 25, 2011
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