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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Potential harms from cath lab radiation may include heart disease

Interventional cardiologists and nurses worry about cardiovascular disease developing in their patients. A study that looked at long-term radiation exposure to cath lab operators and staff may prompt them to add themselves to that list.

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Cardinal Health settles case over stress test agents for $26.8M

Cardinal Health will pay $26.8 million to settle an antitrust case involving its cardiac perfusion agents and other radiopharmaceuticals, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

Siemens Healthcare introduces ultrasound system for rapid imaging in an emergency setting

Siemens Healthcare has launched its new portable and compact ACUSON P500TM ultrasound system, FROSK edition, enabling rapid imaging even in difficult scanning conditions. The hand-held technology can be easily carried and positioned in a range of clinical environments and is ready to image in less than 30 seconds, making it ideal for emergency settings. The system introduces two new advanced technologies that ensure sharp ultrasound images, regardless of patient and probe motion. 

High-efficiency SPECT system works, even in morbidly obese

A high-efficiency SPECT system provided high quality and diagnostically accurate images for detecting coronary artery disease in obese patients, even morbidly obese patients, researchers reported in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.

FDA targets GE, Siemens MRIs in Class II recalls

The FDA issued a pair of Class II recalls on MR imaging systems. The unrelated announcements affect some devices made by GE Healthcare and Siemens.

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It’s Not Our Founding Fathers’ Cath Lab

At the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions’ (SCAI) Leadership Boot Camp, catheterization laboratory teams will learn skills they need to thrive while tackling high-pressure, high-stakes challenges.

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MRI beats echo for accuracy of mitral regurgitation assessment

Echocardiography may be cost-effective and widely available, but a comparison of echo and MRI found only a modest accord in assessing mitral regurgitation. And between them, MRI had greater accuracy in evaluating regurgitation volume.

SCCT statement on the PROMISE clinical trial ("A Randomized Comparison of Anatomic versus Functional Diagnostic Testing Strategies in Symptomatic Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease"), presented at the ACC Scientific Sessions

Today at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Sessions in San Diego, results from the keenly anticipated PROMISE clinical trial confirmed what many cardiologists and radiologists have long suspected to be true: coronary computed tomographic angiography (coronary CTA) is extraordinarily effective in accurately diagnosing patients with low to moderate chest pain.  In most cases, coronary CTA is at least as effective as diagnostic methods such as stress tests such as SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging. 

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