Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 97

Coronary calcification slows after kidney transplantation

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 15 - In patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who undergo kidney transplantation, coronary artery calcification (CAC) progresses in the early post-transplant period, but slows thereafter, research shows.

August 14, 2006

Coronary stent loss uncommon, but can have serious consequences

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 14 - As they report in the American Journal of Cardiology for August 1, Dr. Juergen Kammler and colleagues from General Hospital Linz in Austria assessed with CT the occurrence of coronary stent loss in 7,139 stent implantation procedures performed at their hospital between 1995 and 2004.

August 13, 2006

Free fat acids independently associated with cardiovascular mortality

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 4 - Levels of free fat acids are associated with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease, Austrian and German researchers report. They examined data from 3,315 Caucasian subjects in an ongoing study of coronary artery disease. The patients were followed for a median of 5.38 years and all subjects underwent coronary angiography at baseline.

August 3, 2006

Sirolimus stents safe and effective for patients with restenosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 1 - Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation appears to be safe and effective in restenosis patients originally treated with bare metal stents, Italian researchers report. In the 150 patients who completed follow-up angiography, restenosis was seen in 13 (8.7%). Lesion length was an angiographic independent predictor of restenosis.

July 31, 2006

Maternal hyperglycemia at conception linked to fetal cardiohypertrophy

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 26 - Fetuses of mothers with diabetes are prone to cardiac hypertrophy, which is worsened by poor glycemic control and is probably related to fetal hyperinsulinemia, investigators in London report. However, the ventricular hypertrophy seems to represent functional adaptation.

July 25, 2006

St. Jude Medical gets CE Mark

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical of St. Paul, MN, reported that it has received European CE Mark approval for its QuickOpt timing cycle optimization application.

June 15, 2006

Amateur marathon runners risk heart trouble

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 14 - The findings are based on a study of 20 amateur athletes who ran the 2003 Boston Marathon and underwent echocardiography prior to, immediately after, and about one month after running the 26-mile race. The study was published in the European Heart Journal.

June 13, 2006

Medtronic nets French reimbursement approval

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional technology firm Medtronic said it has received reimbursement approval in France for its Endeavor drug-eluting coronary stent system.

June 11, 2006

Multislice CT identifies significant coronary artery disease before valve surgery

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 9 - Multislice computed tomography (MSCT) can accurately identify significant coronary artery disease prior to aortic valve replacement surgery, according to a report in the May 16th Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

June 8, 2006

Boston Scientific gets EC nod for added Liberte uses

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional device firm Boston Scientific reported that it has received indication extensions to the European CE Mark for its Taxus Liberte paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.

May 15, 2006

Coronary CT delivers sizable radiation dose

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 5 - The mean effective radiation dose for multislice computed tomography (MSCT) coronary angiography is significantly higher than that for conventional angiography, investigators from the U.K. report in the May 2nd issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

May 4, 2006

Atrial septal defect closure prompts speedy cardiac remodeling

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 4 - Closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD) in adulthood is rapidly followed by normalization of the size of the heart chambers. Remodeling is visible within the first day after closure, Swedish researchers report.

May 3, 2006

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