Keywords: CAD
05/18/2012
Diabetes and CAD
Anja Behringer reports on a neglected risk factor. With an aging population multimorbidity is increasingly a major challenge for hospital care. Diabetes is one of the medical …
05/05/2012
CT use increases for CAD diagnosis
Computed tomography (CT) has become central to the diagnosis and characterisation of coronary artery disease (CAD) and, in the future, could even supplant invasive coronary …
11/17/2011
How information is turned into knowledge
If you look at the current – not to mention the future – challenges in the hospital environment the term information technology seems misleading. Surely there is no dearth of …
08/31/2011
Solutions for Sustainable Cardiovascular Care
Siemens Healthcare presented solutions for sustainable cardiovascular care at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Paris, France, under the motto "Are you ready …
08/31/2011
Cardiac Disease: Coronary or not?
Acute myocardial Infarction (AMI) is a major cause of death and disability. Worldwide, one in eight patients die of an ischemic heart disease. Its rapid and accurate diagnosis is …
08/26/2011
Building human hearts on an assembly line
An artificial heart will be implanted in a patient before the end of 2011, marking a milestone in medicine. The developers are now accelerating plans to manufacture thousands of …
08/26/2011
The New York Academy of Sciences Conference
This two-day international scientific symposium follows two previously successful conferences held by the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), ‘la Caixa’ Welfare Projects, and …
08/26/2011
Satisfaction in everyday life may protect against heart failure
While depression and anxiety have long been recognised as risk factors for heart disease, there is less certainty over the beneficial effects of a ‘positive’ psychological …
08/26/2011
MRI and plaque imaging
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in industrial nations. More than 50 percent of those deaths are associated with pathologies of the coronary arteries, despite …
08/26/2011
RESPONSE trial results
Studies show that when a nurse follows patients after a cardiovascular crisis those patients stay healthier, live longer and reduce the risk of returning to hospital. Now the …
08/26/2011
Papworth Hospital: A constant continuing success
Recent events have again underlined the reason why Papworth Hospital in ambridgeshire, England, maintains a enowned international reputation for cardiac and thoracic procedures. …
08/26/2011
A time to tackle controversies face-to-face
A hefty debate on controversial issues in cardiology is the definite intent of Congress President Professor Michel Komajda and the ESC 2011 congress organisers. To that end, he …
08/30/2010
New imaging software from Siemens simplifies workflow for minimally invasive heart valve implantation
At ESC, Siemens presents a new image processing software that helps cardiologists and cardiac surgeons prepare and perform transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI): Syngo …
03/07/2010
iNtuition from TeraRecon delivers at the speed of care
TeraRecon, Inc. announced new innovations to Aquarius iNtuition solution at the 22nd European Congress of Radiology, March 4-8, 2010 in Vienna, Austria. TeraRecon’s iNtuition …
03/05/2010
Volumetric image analysis for a better evaluation of therapy response
Definiens announced the launch of Definiens LymphExpert Version 2.0 at ECR 2010. The Software application assists radiology professionals in the identification, analysis and …
03/04/2010
Advances in medical imaging: Moving on – from measuring to planning
Prior to the imaging workshop , Meike Lerner asked programme organiser, Professor Thomas M Deserno (Dept. of Medical Informatics, RWTH) about current developments today and how …
11/21/2009
Imaging and computing power leading to breakthroughs for cardiac surgery
Two members of the Heart Center at the University of Leipzig teamed up during Medica for a tour de force presentation on Future Trends in Cardiac Surgery. "The aim of the game is …
11/16/2009
The Fetatrack DD250
Weighing just 2 KG, in a hospital, small clinic or doctor’s surgery the fully portable Fetatrack DD250 can provide continuous foetal and vascular dopler. The unit operates from …
09/01/2009
The role of exercise training in cardiovascular health
Western societies are struggling to pay for their ever increasing medical budgets. In the US up to 393 billion US-$ were spent in 2005 for cardiovascular diseases alone. Based on …
03/27/2009
Definiens Lymphexpert launched for European Radiologists
Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence company, launched its first computer-aided detection (CAD) application, Definiens LymphExpert at the annual European …
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