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.

Radiation in the cath lab: Tracking state-level regulations for cardiologists
Researchers hope these policies can be standardized in the future to help avoid confusion and improve clinician safety.
PFA market heats up as medtech companies announce new investments
While Kardium raised $250 million in an oversubscribed funding round, Field Medical raised $35 million. Both companies are focused on designing and developing new pulsed field ablation technologies to help treat challenging arrhythmias.
AI turns low-quality MRI scans into helpful heart images
A team of biomedical engineers, radiologists and cardiologists has developed a new AI model capable of restoring low-quality cardiac MRI scans.
Johnson & Johnson MedTech faces threat of permanent injunction after losing antitrust case
After being ordered to pay $442 million in damages—a ruling the company has said it may appeal—Johnson & Johnson MedTech is now facing the possibility of a permanent injunction that could impact certain business practices. A hearing is scheduled for July.
Cardiologists, radiologists and surgeons share ‘landmark’ document on assessing prosthetic heart valves with CT
RSNA and several other industry societies have shared a new expert consensus document on the significant value of cardiac CT. Echo remains an effective first-line imaging option, the groups wrote, but CT can make a big impact as well.

Industry group releases new guidelines for CT use in TAVR procedures

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) released updated guidelines for using CT imaging in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

Neuroimaging researchers to study stroke recurrence risk with $3.2M grant

With a recently awarded $3.2 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) in Ohio plan to study how neuroimaging can help pinpoint risk factors of stroke recurrence, according to a recent university press release.

Chest imaging in the ED has increased substantially over the last 20 years

A multi-institutional team of researchers found that emergency department (ED) utilization of chest imaging has grown substantially in the U.S. over the last two decades and is likely due to an increased availability of CT scanners and increased pressure on ED physicians to rapidly triage patients, according to a study published Jan. 2 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Physician radiation exposure increases during angiography for obese patients

Physicians performing coronary angiography on obese patients are exposed to seven times the amount of radiation than when they performed the procedure on those with a normal body weight, according to a Jan. 2 study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Cardiologists exposed to more radiation during angiography for obese patients

Physicians were exposed to seven times the amount of radiation when they performed coronary angiography on morbidly obese patients compared to those with normal bodyweights, according to a single-center study published Jan. 2 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Imperial College London partners on AI, imaging to ramp-up drug discovery for heart disease

Researchers from Imperial College London are teaming up with Bayer Pharmaceuticals to see if artificial intelligence (AI) could accelerate the discovery of new, effective drugs for cardiovascular disease and other heart-related conditions, according to a recent news release.

Cardiac Imaging

Radiation in the cath lab: Tracking state-level regulations for cardiologists

PFA market heats up as medtech companies announce new investments

AI turns low-quality MRI scans into helpful heart images

Johnson & Johnson MedTech faces threat of permanent injunction after losing antitrust case

Cardiologists, radiologists and surgeons share ‘landmark’ document on assessing prosthetic heart valves with CT