A year ago, research regarding 64-slice CT angiography focused on feasibility. Feasibility is no longer an issue. Rather, a wealth of evidence presented at the recent European Congress of Radiology attests to the fact that coronary CTA is a powerful and useful tool to evaluate patients suspected of...
More »MRI will continue to evolve and will remain the dominant imaging technology in medicine, according to a leading world expert on the modality.
More »MRI will continue to evolve and will remain the dominant imaging technology in medicine, according to a leading world expert on the modality.
More »At last year’s European Congress of Radiology, research regarding 64-slice CT angiography was focused on its feasibility. This year, feasibility is no longer an issue. Rather, a wealth of evidence is being presented attesting to the fact that coronary CTA is a powerful and useful tool to evaluate...
More »In conventional imaging, stable and dangerous lesions have a similar appearance. But new techniques using contrast-enhanced high-resolution MR molecular imaging can help to determine when to treat atherosclerotic plaques and when to leave them alone, according to a Saturday minicourse on molecular...
More »Acute coronary syndromes, especially acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death, are most often caused by the rupture or erosion of coronary atherosclerotic plaques. The plaque itself does not have to be associated with lumen narrowing.
More »Despite imaging advances for coronary artery disease, few clinically available tools can accurately characterize the lipid-rich core of vulnerable plaque. A company in Israel wants to change that with a disposable intravascular MR imaging device that entered clinical trials in the U.S. in January.
More »Peer-reviewed scientific evidence increasingly supports anecdotal data that women need special cardiac care
More »Carotid artery stenting can be performed safely in patients 80 years or older, according to study results released at the annual American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology meeting July 27 in Puerto Rico.
More »Florida is home to a large aging population at risk for dementia. Palm Harbor, not far from St. Petersburg and Tampa, is also close to a retirement town. There are many nursing homes and extended care facilities throughout the region, and the reimbursement climate includes sizable expenditures for...
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