To improve cardiac diagnoses with simplified dose reduction technology, Toshiba announces the FDA clearance of its industry-exclusive CT Myocardial Perfusion capability. Available on Toshiba’s AquilionTM ONE and Aquilion ONE ViSION Edition CT systems, Myocardial Perfusion allows clinicians to visualize myocardial ischemia with CT, providing a clinical and operational solution to make work flow.

Cell therapy does not better the recovery of resting perfusion in the myocardial infarction (MI) core or border zone after revascularization of acute ST-elevation MI, according to a study published in Radiology. 

While the sensitivity of vessel criteria for identifying patients with pulmonary hypertension offers high sensitivity, the specificity may be too low for routine use in a clinical patient population, according to a study published in the April issue of Academic Radiology. 

Access to advanced 3D images of the heart are providing a roadmap for interventionalists and improving care of patients with challenging anatomy. Learn more about these new technologies and also where 3D echo fits in after its own rapid adoption.

Rest-stress acquisition should be the protocol of choice in dual-energy (DE) CT for the assessment of the myocardial blood supply, according to a study published in the March issue of Radiology. 

Low-dose CT angiography with model-based iterative reconstruction can facilitate a dose reduction up to 73 percent while maintaining diagnostic accuracy for patients who have undergone endovascular aneurysm repair of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR), according to a study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has revealed the presence of well-developed distal collaterals in patients with chronic total occlusion and the extent of downstream myocardial infarction, according to a study published online Feb. 19 by Radiology.