ASE members discuss recent changes to contrast enhanced stress echo.

New technologies help to lower SPECT MPI studies’ dose and acquisition time, but folding them into practice may require sacrifice.

Health information exchanges, decision support tools and education provide strategies to ensure appropriate use in imaging.

Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) will offer new sessions as well as topics that were well received at previous meetings for its 2013 scientific sessions scheduled May 8-11 in Denver.

Global electrophysiology devices market forecasts to reach at US$4.4 billion by 2015 at a CAGR of 9.7% during the analysis period 2009-2015. The North American segment accounts for nearly 35% of the global value while Europe claims approximately 30% of the market. Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region with a CAGR of 10.8% driving a market value of US$1.1 billion by 2015.

Surgeons and biomedical engineers at the University of Minnesota collaborated to create an animated 3D model of the human heart based on computational technology and imaging techniques such as contrast CT. A demonstration of an anatomical reconstruction of the cardiac venous system and the process to make the models was published April 18 in the Journal of Visualized Experiments. To view the video, click here.

Cath/EP and interventional lab professionals wondering if their pay is competitive are being offered an objective measuring stick from a new research poll, Phoenix-based Springboard Healthcare announced.

Have you ever wondered about the financial consequences of losing your cath lab director? Michael G. Vanderlans, relationship manager in the permanent placement division of Springboard Healthcare, crunched the numbers, including the cost of potential lost revenue, staff turnover and an interim director for six months.