Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 81

Heart rate key to image quality in low-dose coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
Heart rate control is an important factor for success in prospectively gated coronary CT angiography (CTA). But once patients are beta-blocked, the success rate is high and the doses are uniformly low, according to a new study by Swiss researchers.
March 28, 2010
Visbion lands large U.K. PACS order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
PACS vendor Visbion has received a contract from the North of England Cardiovascular Network.
March 22, 2010
Coronary CT angiography identifies high-risk diabetics
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 18 - In diabetic patients without known coronary artery disease, computed tomographic (CT) angiography can identify patients at high risk for "hard" cardiac events, German researchers report in a March 3 online paper in Diabetes Care.
March 17, 2010
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Medtronic brings SureScan to Europe
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic has released its Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacemaker in selected European markets.
March 16, 2010
FDA, Health Canada approve Polish moly
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have approved the use of the Maria Research Reactor in Poland as a site to irradiate highly enriched uranium targets for molybdenum-99 production, according to healthcare technology firm Covidien.
March 10, 2010
CTA superior to exercise testing for evaluation of suspected coronary artery disease
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 8 - Exercise testing is sensitive for coronary artery disease when ST-segment changes, angina, and hemodynamic variables are considered -- but it's still not as sensitive as CT angiography (CTA), a study from Denmark shows.
March 7, 2010
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Rcadia receives CE Mark for COR Analyzer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection developer Rcadia Medical Imaging has received the European CE Mark for its COR Analyzer software.
March 7, 2010
Toshiba highlights CT software at ECR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
VIENNA - Toshiba Medical Systems Europe is highlighting new software applications for functional CT imaging at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 5, 2010
Coronary CTA predicts long-term outcomes
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - A decade's worth of coronary CT angiography (CTA) studies is starting to reveal the modality's long-term predictive powers, if a study from one of Poland's largest heart centers is any indication.
March 5, 2010
High pitch equals low dose in coronary CT angiography
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - High-pitch dual-source CT exams can evaluate the coronary arteries using about a third of the dose of even prospectively triggered exams, according to a study presented in Thursday's cardiac sessions of the European Congress of Radiology.
March 3, 2010
CT blood-flow measurement gauges stenosis severity
By Eric Barnes
64-detector-row CT has sufficient temporal resolution to measure blood flow through the heart, offering the promise of a new functional test based on CT alone, according to a proof-of-concept study by German researchers.
February 25, 2010
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Coronary CTA and MR MPI have complementary roles
By Eric Barnes
Coronary CT angiography (CTA) and MR myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) work best as a team for evaluating chest pain patients with suspected coronary artery disease, according to a new study published online in Radiology.
February 21, 2010
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