Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 9

CTA shows how statin treatment changes coronary plaque

By Kate Madden Yee

Dutch researchers have found CT angiography (CTA) demonstrates that statin treatment in patients at risk of heart disease not only reduces the volume of some types of coronary plaque -- thus slowing progression towards more advanced disease -- but it also changes plaque density.

August 19, 2021

Ultromics raises 28M euros for AI echo software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

U.K. software developer Ultromics has raised 28 million euros, which it plans to use to further develop artificial-intelligence (AI)-supported echocardiograms.

August 15, 2021

Fatty liver disease linked to presence of plaque on CCTA

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis on nonenhanced CT is significantly associated with the presence of high-risk plaques on coronary CT angiography (CCTA), as well as future cardiovascular events, according to news from the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

July 29, 2021

U.K. group tests PET tracer for Alzheimer's disease

By Will Morton

A research group from Imperial College London in the U.K. used a new carbon-11-based PET radiotracer to identify brain activity that could be linked to the formation of plaque in people with cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

July 22, 2021

Is the rise of machines inevitable in interventional radiology?

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Machines and devices have always been important to radiology, with industry and healthcare professionals collaborating on technological advances. Now another exciting evolution is set to push forward endovascular medicine, virtual attendees heard in a special session at the ECR 2021 Summer Edition on 1 July.

July 12, 2021

Turner inks deal to sell fluoro unit in U.K., Ireland

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

X-ray developer Turner Imaging Systems has made a deal with medical imaging supplier MIS Healthcare to market Turner's portable fluoroscopy x-ray imaging device in the U.K. and Ireland.

June 29, 2021

Philips highlights new fast cardiac MRI protocol

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Royal Philips and the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research have developed an MRI technique that provides a complete cardiac study in less than a minute.

June 29, 2021

Achenbach comments on collapse of Danish star Christian Eriksen

By Philip Ward

Not all cases of sudden cardiac death can be prevented by screening, and it's vital to balance the risks and benefits, warned cardiac imaging expert Prof. Dr. Stephan Achenbach after the collapse of 29-year-old football player Christian Eriksen on the second day of the Euros.

June 14, 2021

CTA shows the effect of job stress on the heart

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

CT angiography (CTA) shows that high-stress jobs increase the risk of a high coronary artery calcium score in men, according to a study published on 25 May in Plos One.

May 27, 2021

Philips unveils image-guided therapy products at EuroPCR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Royal Philips is highlighting a number of image-guided therapy technologies at this week's EuroPCR 2021 meeting, including its IntraSight Mobile interventional applications platform.

May 18, 2021

Signs of early cardiac damage boosts risk of death in COVID cases

By Amerigo Allegretto

Researchers from London and Wuhan, China, have found that first-phase ejection fraction on echocardiography scans was strongly associated with survival in COVID-19. The measurement seems to reflect a connection between COVID-19 severity and preexisting preclinical heart failure.

May 13, 2021

Germans support AI plus CT to boost prediction of major coronary events

By Kate Madden Yee

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and coronary CT angiography to assess cardiovascular health can improve clinicians' ability to predict a patient's risk of future adverse events like unstable angina, researchers from Stuttgart have found.

May 9, 2021

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