CHICAGO—Those looking for a quick jolt from an energy drink should consider the risks to their heart as consumption of the highly caffeinated drinks has been shown to increase heart contraction rates in the left ventricle an hour later, according to a study presented Dec. 2 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Agfa HealthCare today announced the installation of two DX-D 300 digital radiography (DR) systems at Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology, a growing practice with 15 locations in Long Island, N.Y., which conducts an average of 550,000 procedures each year. The installation of a third DX-D 300 system will follow by the end of the year, with several additional installations to equip new imaging center sites that Zwanger-Pesiri is opening in 2014.

Cadel Evans, the former world champion and Australia’s first Tour de France winner, pedaled inside an MRI machine in Brisbane, Australia’s Prince Charles Hospital to support cardiac research, as reported by The Australian online Nov. 11.

Visage Imaging Inc. (“Visage”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. (ASX:  PME), announced today an exciting set of new features for the Visage® 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform to be demonstrated at the upcoming 2013 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference, Booth #4765, December 1-5 in Chicago, Illinois.  Visage 7 enables enterprise imaging with amazingly fast, thin-client, server-side processing technology, as well as simple mobile access to imaging results via Visage Ease*.

ScImage, Inc. announced today that it has successfully deployed its PICOM365 imaging workflow solution at Metro Imaging, a premiere multi-site high volume radiology practice based in St. Louis. The PICOM365 solution delivers the right balance between on premises end-to-end radiology workflow and cloud based VNA with an embedded universal viewing image portal. The result is an elegant and economical solution that meets the demanding needs of the practice.

Left atrial appendages (LAA) are significantly enlarged in more than half of patients with cryptogenic stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) and may contribute to the pathogenesis of stroke in patients considered to have cryptogenic stroke after conventional evaluation, according to a study published online Nov. 4 in PLOS ONE.

REVA Medical, Inc. (ASX:RVA) ("REVA" or the "Company") announced initial clinical results from patients treated with its ReZolve2 sirolimus-eluting bioresorbable coronary scaffold at Transcatheter Therapeutics 2013 ("TCT"), the world's leading interventional cardiology conference, which is being held this week in San Francisco, California. The ReZolve2 trial is currently enrolling up to 125 patients at multiple centers in Australia, Brazil, Europe, and New Zealand to provide the data needed to apply for European CE Marking. Patient enrollment was initiated in March 2013 and is currently ongoing.

Today at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Conference, GE Healthcare confirmed its commitment to cardiovascular care by showcasing the latest cutting edge interventional and ultrasound technologies.