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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Electrophysiology pioneer Arthur J. Moss dies at 86

Arthur J. Moss, MD, known in the cardiology field for his extensive research in diagnosing and treating long QT syndrome (LQTS), died of cancer Feb. 14 at his home in Brighton, New York. He was 86.

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Efficiency blueprint? How the Cleveland Clinic streamlined cath lab operations

By targeting inefficiencies, a quality improvement program led to gains of approximately five or more hours per day in cath lab time. The approach could work as a model for other practices.

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After ORBITA: Looking at Angina Through a New Lens

Could the ORBITA trial’s enduring value be in prompting the cardiology community to rethink how it diagnoses, treats and even defines angina?

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Data set of brain MRI from stroke patients released to public

Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) have archived and shared an open-source data set of brain MRI from stroke patients known as the Anatomical Tracings of Lesion After Stroke (ATLAS).

HeartFlow Completes Series E Financing, Securing $240 Million

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—HeartFlow, Inc. today announced the closing of its Series E financing, securing $240 million. The company will use the proceeds from this financing to ramp up commercial expansion of the HeartFlow® FFRct Analysis, continued technology innovation and additional clinical studies.

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How the Cleveland Clinic streamlined operations in the cath lab

A team of healthcare professionals from the Cleveland Clinic detailed in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions how they improved efficiency in their cardiac catheterization lab, providing a potential blueprint for other practices.

FDA paves way for domestic creation of No. 1 imaging radioisotope

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Feb. 8 announced the approval of the RadioGenix System, which may help stabilize the United States’ supply of a radioisotope crucial for medical imaging.

Maryland nonprofit to test handheld cardiac ultrasound device

The democratizing power of technology is undeniable—as it has put a world of information into a person’s pocket or purse. Cardiac ultrasound, however, isn’t exactly top of mind for technologies that will be the next DIY sensation. But one nonprofit plans to introduce a handheld imaging device to increase availability of ultrasound while reducing costs.

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