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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Ernest Garcia, Ph.D., MASNC, FAHA, endowed professor in cardiac imaging, director of nuclear cardiology R&D laboratory ...

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September 25, 2020 — A study out of University Hospitals (UH) found that removing the cost barrier for coronary artery ...

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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.
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September 15, 2020 — The world is facing a global pandemic with unknown implications, but is now well known COVID-19 ...

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Case is a 6-month-old infant boy admitted to hospital due to respiratory distress then worsened by a pericardial ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

September 15, 2020 — Philips Healthcare recently introduced the latest addition to its portfolio of dedicated cardiovasc ...

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Matthew Budoff, M.D., director of cardiovascular CT at The Lundquist Institute, and professor of medicine at the David ...

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September 10, 2020 - Icosapent ethyl (Vascepa) demonstrated significant, 17 percent regression of low attenuation plaque ...

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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.
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September 8, 2020 — The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) published a report, “Current Evidence and ...

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September 2, 2020 — Patient-specific organ models are being used by the University of Minnesota to better prepare for ...

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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
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The cardiology program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston is internationally recognized for being on the forefront of ...

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August 20, 2020 – More than 350 posters featuring cutting edge research on the advances in cardiovascular ultrasound ...

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News | CT Angiography (CTA)

August 20, 2020 – The amount of calcified plaque in the heart’s arteries on computed tomography (CT) scans is a better ...

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Videos | Remote Viewing Systems

Enterprise viewers are designed to provide fast and easy access to a patient’s imaging history, and today’s modern ...

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