Cardiac Imaging

The cardiac imaging channel includes the modalities of computed tomography (CT), cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear imaging (PET and SPECT), and angiography. 

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August 15, 2007 - Performing cardiac CTA after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) can reveal unsuspected and ...

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August 14, 2007 - High-speed dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) angiography was 95 percent sensitive and 95 percent ...

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August 7, 2007 – Doses of radiation can vary in pediatric coronary CTA, a heart-imaging test to detect fatty or calcium ...

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August 1, 2007 - Positron Corp. announced that a recent study by The State University of New York at Buffalo ...

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July 27, 2007 - Vascular disease frequently shows no symptoms until it is at such an advanced stage that it is difficult ...

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July 25, 2007 – Using 64-slice coronary CT angiography as a diagnostic test poses a substantial risk of developing ...

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July 25, 2007 – Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography is highly accurate in depicting intracranial ...

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July 18, 2007 - An analysis based on computerized simulation models suggests that the lifetime risk of cancer associated ...

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July 17, 2007 – Premier, a U.S. healthcare group purchasing organization, announced that it has extended its agreement ...

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Feature | Leatrice Ford

On Friday, April 13, 2007, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released Proposed Inpatient Rules for 2008 ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

In the new order of the day, many experts believe that CT angiography (CTA) will replace invasive cardiac ...

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Feature | Jeanne-Marie Philips and Steven Washer

In October, they gave us fair warning: “If the Deficit Reduction Act goes through…facilities will buy less and ...

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Feature | Ryan Hiett

There’s not much about The Wisconsin Heart Hospital (TWHH) that isn’t on the cutting edge of cardiovascular technology ...

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Feature | Richard Rogoski

Just how many deaths each year can be directly attributed to vulnerable plaque (VP) is still being studied. But ...

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GE Healthcare introduced its ViewPoint Vascular comprehensive ultrasound data management solution for vascular ...

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