June 27, 2016 — A new study in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences surveyed doctors, radiologists and imaging technologists regarding their beliefs about radiation exposure from computed tomography (CT). The survey found that while most respondents recognized there is an increased risk of cancer from CT, many underestimated the actual radiation dose.

Acute Cardiac Unloading and Recovery (A-CURE) Symposium

Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)

Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging

Korean Congress of Radiology

More than 1 in 3 atrial fibrillation (AF) patients at intermediate to high risk for stroke are treated with aspirin alone, according to new research, despite previous data showing this therapy to be inferior to blood thinners.

Measuring antibody levels in the blood could be used to detect a person’s heart attack risk after researchers, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), discovered that higher levels of these antibodies are linked to a lower heart attack risk.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) announced the winners of its annual ‘Reflections of Research’ image competition, reflecting the charity’s research into heart and circulatory disease.

Biotronik announced it was the winner of the Cardiostim Innovation Award in the category “Best Practice Improvement” for its MRI AutoDetect feature. The award was given at the Cardiostim 2016 conference, June 8-11 in Nice, France.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has named the American College of Radiology (ACR) a “qualified Provider-Led Entity” (qPLE) approved to provide appropriate use criteria (AUC) under the Medicare Appropriate Use Criteria program for advanced diagnostic imaging.

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