Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 80

MeVis increases stake in Medis

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions has increased its stake in Medis Holding to 41%.

June 1, 2010

Coronary CT angiography valuable in asymptomatic patients, safer than ever

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 28 - In patients with elevated cardiac risk but without cardiac symptoms, coronary CT angiography can reliably predict cardiac events and assess cardiovascular risk, German researchers reported online April 30 in the American Journal of Cardiology.

May 27, 2010

GE touts ADMIRE-HF trial results

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A new cardiac radiopharmaceutical being developed by GE Healthcare is showing an ability to predict cardiac events in symptomatic heart failure patients, according to results published in the May 18 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

May 20, 2010

Cystatin C better than Cr for detecting contrast-induced kidney injury

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 20 - Measurement of serum cystatin C helps diagnose early acute contrast-induced kidney injury, and it also helps predict its course, Italian researchers report. They studied 410 patients with chronic kidney disease who underwent coronary and/or peripheral angiography and/or angioplasty.

May 19, 2010

Diagnostic balloon occlusion in normal coronary arteries is safe

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 18 - Diagnostic balloon occlusion is safe in normal coronary arteries, researchers say. They studied outcomes of the procedure in 133 patients with 141 entirely normal coronary arteries and 183 patients with 285 partially normal arteries (at least one stenotic lesion).

May 17, 2010

Male smokers having CABG have high AAA prevalence

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 5 - Some men having coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery -- especially smokers -- should also be screened for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), even if they're younger than screening guideline thresholds, French researchers suggest.

May 4, 2010

Study questions value of pricey heart screening

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Apr 26 - Examining patient records to pick out those at high risk of developing heart disease is cheaper and just as effective as screening all adults between ages 40 and 74, a British study showed on Monday.

April 25, 2010

Coronary disease common in antiphospholipid syndrome

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 22 - A substantial minority of patients with antiphospholipid syndrome have subclinical coronary disease, French researchers report. They came to this conclusion after examining 108 patients using late gadolinium-enhanced cardiac MRI.

April 21, 2010

Esaote inks Italian deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound vendor Esaote has signed an agreement to implement its cardiac information system and PACS software in the cardiology departments of the Villa Maria Group in Italy.

April 15, 2010

High rates of silent cerebral emboli after transfemoral aortic valve implantation

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 12 - Silent cerebral embolism is common after transfemoral aortic valve implantation, German researchers report in the April 6 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

April 11, 2010

Less DNA damage seen after high-pitch coronary CTA

By Eric Barnes

High-pitch dual-source CT angiography (CTA) scans produce significantly less radiation-related DNA damage than comparable low-pitch dual-source CTA scans -- and, importantly, the DNA results correspond to both measured and derived biological radiation doses, say researchers from Erlangen, Germany.

April 8, 2010

Cardiac cath delivers high radiation doses to operators

By Eric Barnes

The rapid development of new cardiac stents and other medical devices is opening up a world of possibilities for interventional procedures in the cath lab -- but it's also exposing equipment operators to ever-higher radiation doses.

April 4, 2010

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