Cardiac Imaging

While cardiac ultrasound is the widely used imaging modality for heart assessments, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear imaging are also used and are often complimentary, each offering specific details about the heart other modalities cannot. For this reason the clinical question being asked often determines the imaging test that will be used.

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'Super EKG' can diagnose heart diseases in 90 seconds

A 22-year-old entrepreneur named Peeyush Shrivastava and colleagues have created a new 3D heart-scanning technology, Faraday, which he hopes will one day be known as the “ER standard for ruling out cardiac versus non-cardiac chest pain.”

New Late-Breaking Study Finds Wearable Electrocardiogram (ECG) Monitoring Patch Can Detect Atrial Fibrillation Earlier and More Efficiently than Routine Care

ORLANDO, Fla., March 10, 2018 — The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced late-breaking results of a new home-based clinical trial showing that a wearable continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring patch can identify people with asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AFib) earlier and more efficiently than routine care.

Coronary CT angiography increasingly utilized, but myocardial perfusion imaging still more common for angina

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is being utilized more than myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for patients in the emergency department exhibiting acute chest pain, according to new research.

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TCT paradox: Patients more likely to survive MI during interventional cardiology conference

Patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) actually fare better when some of the top minds in interventional cardiology are away at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting, suggests a study published March 9 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Siemens Healthineers launches next generation of cardiovascular imaging and information solution, syngo Dynamics, at ACC 2018

At the American College of Cardiology’s 67th Annual Scientific Session and Expo, Siemens Healthineers has launched the next generation of syngo Dynamics, a cardiovascular imaging and information solution. The newest version of the software emphasizes enhanced security, widespread access, enterprise consistency, and structured reporting.

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Non-hospital-based facilities offering cardiac imaging services a rarity in Massachusetts

In 2017, Anthem implemented a new policy that requires outpatient MR and CT scans not considered medically necessary to be completed at a freestanding imaging facility to receive coverage. This went into effect in several states, sparking its fair share of controversy along the way, and a team of Boston-based researchers wanted to know how such a policy could impact patient care in Massachusetts.

HeartFlow Enters into Licensing Agreement with Cedars-Sinai for Coronary Plaque Assessment Technology

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 1, 2018 — HeartFlow, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a licensing and technology transfer agreement with Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles for AutoPlaque technology, a software tool used to detect and characterize coronary artery plaque based on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) images.

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Novel cardiac MRI techniques pinpoint microvascular dysfunction

A team of researchers tested two novel forms of cardiac MRI, both of which showed strong potential for detecting microvascular coronary artery disease (CAD).

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