Ernest Garcia, Ph.D., MASNC, FAHA, endowed professor in cardiac imaging, director of nuclear...
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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September 25, 2020 — A study out of University Hospitals (UH) found that removing the cost barrier for coronary artery calcium (CAC) computed tomography (CT) imsging screening resulted in an...
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September 15, 2020 — The world is facing a global pandemic with unknown implications, but is now well known ...
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Case is a 6-month-old infant boy admitted to hospital due to respiratory distress then worsened by a pericardial effusion and solitary kidney and renal failure.
Videos | Artificial Intelligence | September 25, 2020
Ernest Garcia, Ph.D., MASNC, FAHA, endowed professor in cardiac imaging, director of nuclear cardiology R&D...
EchoGo Pro automates cardiac ultrasound measurements for heart functions, but also empower physicians to predict the occurrence of coronary artery disease (CAD).
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | September 25, 2020
September 25, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the global artificial intelligence (AI)-based echocardiography...
An example of a CT coronary artery calcium scoring exam showing how each vessel segment is scored to assess a patient's risk for a future heart attack. Example is from Philips Healthcare.
News | Cardiac Imaging | September 25, 2020
September 25, 2020 — A study out of University Hospitals (UH) found that removing the cost barrier for coronary artery...
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The IntelliSpace Cardiovascular CVIS from Philips Healthcare, being used in the cath lab.
Blog | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS) | March 29, 2018
Cardiologists need information from multiple sources to make accurate diagnoses and plan interventional therapies. The...
Naples Community Hospital Director of Cardiac Imaging Bill Shirkey showing a point-of-care echocardiogram of a COVID-19 patient he imaged with a GE Healthcare Vscan device bedside in an isolation room. Use of a small handheld device greatly speeds disinfection after the exam and does not require moving a larger cart-based ultrasound system into a room, which may require moving furniture and add exposure time in the room.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | September 15, 2020
September 15, 2020 — The world is facing a global pandemic with unknown implications, but is now well known COVID-19 (...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | September 15, 2020
Case is a 6-month-old infant boy admitted to hospital due to respiratory distress then worsened by a pericardial...
The Epiq CVxi being used for TEE imaging in the cath lab. The system brings together advanced image quality, quantification and intelligence specifically for the cardiologist.
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | September 15, 2020
September 15, 2020 — Philips Healthcare recently introduced the latest addition to its portfolio of dedicated...
Videos | Pharmaceuticals | September 10, 2020
Matthew Budoff, M.D., director of cardiovascular CT at The Lundquist Institute, and professor of medicine at the David...
News | Pharmaceuticals | September 10, 2020
September 10, 2020 - Icosapent ethyl (Vascepa) demonstrated significant, 17 percent regression of low attenuation...
An example of a cardiac CT scan showing a 3-D reconstriction of the heart showing a stented vessel, and reformatted images showing the stented coronary artery with restenosis from different views. This was imaged using a Canon Aquilion Prime CT system.
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | September 08, 2020
September 8, 2020 — The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) published a report, “Current Evidence and...
News | Medical 3-D Printing | September 02, 2020
September 2, 2020 — Patient-specific organ models are being used by the University of Minnesota to better prepare for...
Navin Kapur, M.D., FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, executive director, The CardioVascular Center for Research and Innovation (CVCRI), explains the concpet of the Door-to-Unloading (DTU) Trial he is heading, one of several innovations at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Kapur is also director, Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Program; director, interventional research laboratories; director of Cardiac Biology Research Center, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI), Tufts Medical Center. Photo by Dave Fornell
Feature | Tufts Medical Center | August 21, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
The cardiology program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston is internationally recognized for being on the forefront of...
News | ASE | August 20, 2020
August 20, 2020 – More than 350 posters featuring cutting edge research on the advances in cardiovascular ultrasound...
A calcium scoring CT scan showing a segment of heavily calcified coronary artery
News | CT Angiography (CTA) | August 20, 2020
August 20, 2020 – The amount of calcified plaque in the heart’s arteries on computed tomography (CT) scans is a better...
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | August 20, 2020
August 20, 2020 – The World Alliance of Societies of Echocardiography (WASE) Normal Values Study is a cross-sectional...
Videos | Remote Viewing Systems | August 19, 2020
Enterprise viewers are designed to provide fast and easy access to a patient’s imaging history, and today’s modern...
