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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February 14, 2013 — Computed tomography (CT) radiation dose can result in unnecessarily high exposures, placing patients ...

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February 13, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc announced the first patient implant of its 25 mm Portico Transcatheter Aortic ...

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February 13, 2013 — Nuclear Medicine Information Systems LLC (NMIS) and BioDose LLC have been renamed and rebranded as ...

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February 8, 2013 — While amyloid imaging may now be most associated with detecting plaques in the brain, it has the ...

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February 8, 2013 — Identive Group Inc. announced new radio frequency identification (RFID) labels for the medical ...

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February 7, 2013 — Performing heart surgery on the same day as angiography is now confirmed as a risk factor for acute ...

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Videos | Structural Heart

This short cine loop shows a 3-D/4-D transesophegeal echo (TEE) view of a transcatheter Amplatzer closure device used to ...

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February 6, 2013 — GE Healthcare announced two new software packages for advanced analysis of cardiovascular magnetic ...

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bundled payments, cardiology, CMS
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February 6, 2013 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that more than 500 organizations will ...

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Sunshine act, disclosure, cardiology, radiology
Feature | Dave Fornell

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a final rule Feb. 1, 2013, that will increase public ...

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Toshiba Medical Systems NIH Clinical Study CT System
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February 5, 2013 — A new computed tomography (CT) scanner substantially reduces potentially harmful radiation while ...

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February 1, 2013 — PhysioSonics announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the Presto 1000 flow ...

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February 1, 2013 — A patient's relationship with his or her doctor has long been considered an important component of ...

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Top stories of 2012 in cardiology
Feature | Dave Fornell

To help identify trends and find out what DAIC readers are interested in, the magazine takes note of what they click on ...

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MRI, CT Systems Imaging Transparent Pricing Study
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January 29, 2013 — In a study designed to see if doctors who are told the exact price of expensive medical tests like ma ...

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