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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State-of-the-Art Cardiac CT Prompts Better, Quicker Diagnosis and Shorter Hospital Stays

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Coronary CT angiography is making its mark on 21st century cardiac medicine. Cardiac imaging pioneers across the globe are demonstrating that dynamic volume CT improves and accelerates patient care and cuts costs by reducing length of stay. It also facilitates diagnosis of subclinical atherosclerosis, allowing cardiologists to prescribe preventive treatment to at-risk patients earlier in the disease process.

FDA approval brings GE portable ECG to U.S.

The FDA has cleared GE Healthcare's MAC 800, a portable electrocardiogram (ECG) device based on cell phone technology, which will immediately be introduced into the U.S. market.

Strategic Partnerships Bring Higher Levels of Sophistication to Cath Labs

Cath labs are experiencing phenomenal change, as their volume decreases and cases become more complex. This is especially reflected in the way vendors have teamed up to offer interventional cardiologists more and varied options to diagnose and treat patients.

Latest Advanced Viz Tools Simplify Post-Processing

Some cardiologists might still be hesitant to adopt coronary CT angiography because of post-processing concerns. However, todays automated advanced visualization workstations make the task easier than ever.

Targeting new interventionalist generation could boost IVUS use

Washington, D.C.Despite studies that attest to the efficacy of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) during PCI, the technology is way underused, according to Gary S. Mintz, MD, chief medical officer of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation in New York City, who discussed the topic with Cardiovascular Business News last week at the Cardiovascular Researcher Therapies (CRT) 2009 conference.

iCAD debuts virtual colonoscopy product at ECR

iCAD, a computer-aided detection (CAD) application developer, debuted a CT colonography (CTC) CAD product at the European Congress of Radiology's (ECR) 2009 meeting in Vienna, Austria, this week.

CT CAD may help chest trauma patients avoid surgery

A new CT computer-aided detection (CAD) application to detect and measure pneumothoraces in trauma patients helps physicians make quicker and more accurate decisions in emergency room settings, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

IVUS should be used more during PCI

Washington, DCIntravascular ultrasound (IVUS) could help physicians make treatment decisions with complex lesions that fall within the intermediate SYNTAX score range, between 23 and 32, according to Peter J. Fitzgerald, MD, who spoke here last week at the Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2009 conference.

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