Cardiac Imaging

While cardiac ultrasound is the widely used imaging modality for heart assessments, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear imaging are also used and are often complimentary, each offering specific details about the heart other modalities cannot. For this reason the clinical question being asked often determines the imaging test that will be used.

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Premier offers non-invasive cardiology group buy

Premier Purchasing Partners of Charlotte, N.C., is offering itsmembers  a new group buy opportunity for non-invasive cardiologyequipment with GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.

AngioDynamics introduces RITA UniBlate

Interventional device developer AngioDynamics of Queensbury, N.Y., haslaunched the RITA UniBlate, a scalable, single-needle radio frequencyablation electrode used to coagulate lesions during percutaneous,laparoscopic and intraoperative surgical procedures.

Boston Scientific mulls sale of cardiac and vascular surgery businesses

Interventional device developer Boston Scientific announced it intendsto explore the sale of its cardiac surgery and vascular surgerybusinesses.

CardioDynamics gains support for Vermed sale

Impedance cardiography (ICG) developer CardioDynamics International ofSan Diego reported that it is progressing with its shareholders’approval for the sale of its Vermed business unit.

Bacchus Vascular taps Cramer as sales VP

Interventional device developer Bacchus Vascular has named Scott Cramer as its senior vice president of sales.

Study: Radiologists encouraged to look closer at CT scans

A recent study conducted at University College Hospital in Galway,Ireland, determined that radiologists can diagnose venousthromboembolic disease (VTED) in cancer through a more carefulexamination of CT scans of the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis, which areregularly done to determine the extent or stage of the cancer.

Cardiatis completes stent trial recruitment

Interventional device developer Cardiatis of Brussels, Belgium, hascompleted recruitment of patients into its first-in-man Europeanclinical trial of its FluidSmart 3D multilayer braided stent forrepairing aneurysms.

EP MedSystems books positive Q2

Electrophysiology and ultrasound device developer EP MedSystems of WestBerlin, N.J., reported double-digit revenue increases and adouble-digit dip in net losses for its fiscal 2007 second quarter(end-June 30).

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Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA clears AI tool that flags signs of heart disease in chest CT scans

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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