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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July 17, 2008 - A new study reveals that, with dual-source computed tomography (DSCT), the effective dosage for a ...

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July 17, 2008 - Heart sounds provide valuable diagnostic information concerning the heart valves and hemodynamics ...

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July 16, 2008 - Earlier this week President Bush vetoed the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act ...

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July 16, 2008 - Earlier this week, the FDA released a notification that the X-rays used during a CT examination may ...

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July 14, 2008 – The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) said in a statement today, "A report from the ...

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July 10, 2008 - The Senate overcame partisan gridlock on July 9, 2008, and passed the Medicare Improvements for Patients ...

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Feature | Cristen Bolan

Cardiology fellows are expanding their knowledge in cardiovascular imaging. Not only do virtually all cardiology ...

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The only safe assumption to make about today’s current gold standard imaging modality used to identify and ...

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What makes cardiologists more capable of reading cardiac imaging exams than other physicians such as radiologists, who ...

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July 10, 2008 - A novel blood pool magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) agent, Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium), has ...

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The FDA cleared GE Healthcare’s new LightSpeed CT750 HD, said to be the world’s first high-definition CT scanner that ...

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July 9, 2008 – The American Heart Association recently issued new guidelines for computed tomography (CT) and magnetic ...

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The ACUSON SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system acquires nonstitched, real-time full-volume 3D images of the heart in ...

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July 9, 2008 - Summit Doppler Systems this week introduced a significant upgrade to the Vista AVS, a full-featured ...

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June 26, 2008 - As new imaging practices emerge, computed tomography (CT) remains a vital tool in the evaluation of ...

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