Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 79

Agfa, TomTec ink echo software deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare and imaging software developer TomTec Imaging Systems have announced an agreement to collaborate on an echocardiography analysis and measurement software package.

August 25, 2010

Early graft patency rate lower with off-pump CABG

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 18 - Although studies suggest that off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is better than on-pump, a study from Portugal showed that off-pump patients had higher rates of early graft occlusion.

August 17, 2010

Dual-source CT finds coronary artery disease in A-fib patients

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 13 - Dual-source CT accurately identifies significant coronary artery disease in patients with rate-controlled atrial fibrillation, researchers from Germany report in the July 11 online issue of European Heart Journal.

August 12, 2010

Cardiac resynchronization improves brain perfusion in heart failure

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 11 - When cardiac resynchronization improves left ventricular function in heart failure patients, it improves their cerebral blood flow as well, a small study has shown.

August 10, 2010

Enhanced reference standard boosts CTA accuracy

By Eric Barnes

Borrowing a technique from the virtual colonoscopy playbook, researchers from South Carolina and Germany found that coronary CT angiography (CTA) is better than previously thought compared to catheter-based coronary angiography -- in fact the two tests are essentially equivalent, they said.

August 3, 2010

Supersized CONFIRM trial tackles coronary CTA and mortality

By Eric Barnes

In a study that probes what may be the largest database of detailed coronary CT angiography (CTA) results assembled to date, New York City researchers found an integral association between coronary artery disease and mortality at coronary CTA in patients without known heart disease.

July 29, 2010

Cardiac dysfunction common in young adults after childhood cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 27 - Young adult survivors of childhood cancer have an "alarmingly" high rate of subclinical cardiac dysfunction, researchers reported July 26 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

July 26, 2010

Myocardial echo bests SPECT in assessing hibernating myocardium

By Erik L. Ridley

Myocardial contrast echocardiography can outperform SPECT for assessing hibernating myocardium in ischemic cardiomyopathy, London researchers report in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

July 25, 2010

Magnetic systems reduce ablation radiation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Magnetic navigation systems reduce both procedure times and fluoroscopy radiation exposure for children undergoing catheter ablations, according to a study published in the July 1 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology.

July 1, 2010

Cardiovascular risk assessment not improved with carotid measure

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 23 - Even though carotid intima media thickness independently predicts cardiovascular disease events, this parameter does not add useful information to traditional risk factor assessment in the general population, investigators in Germany report.

June 22, 2010

F-18 NaF PET/CT can help with atherosclerotic plaque detection

By Wayne Forrest

German researchers have found that F-18 sodium fluoride (F-18 NaF) PET/CT may provide "relevant information about the morphologic and functional properties of calcified plaque," according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

June 10, 2010

PET/CT may improve therapy for congestive heart failure patients

By Wayne Forrest

SALT LAKE CITY - German researchers have found that FDG-PET/CT can help determine when cardiac resynchronization therapy is ineffective, and it can identify risk factors that could alter the course of treatment for patients with congestive heart failure, according to a study presented Sunday at the SNM meeting.

June 6, 2010

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