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1. AHA/ASA website focuses on valvular disease

   ... The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) has launched a website to educate consumers about valvular disease. The website will offer content and videos on valvular ...

   cstuart - 2013-04-30 09:47

2. Past radiation therapy amplifies heart surgery’s mortality risk

   ... of thoracic radiation may manifest as coronary artery, valvular, pericardial or myocardial diseases that require cardiovascular ... making especially difficult,” wrote Willis Wu, MD, of the Heart and Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. To help clinicians better ...

   cstuart - 2013-04-08 22:33

3. Panel Biographies | 2012 CMIO Leadership Forum Roundtable

   ... cardiology and caring for patients with congestive heart failure, valvular heart disease, and general cardiology. Prior to his medical career, ...

   dcaparco - 2013-04-05 12:11

4. At the Heart of Echocardiography

   ... modality to diagnose and monitor conditions of the heart. Of these conditions, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is currently the No. 1 ... at anatomy before and after bypass. We are looking at mostly valvular disease, although we are looking at some contrast implications of live ...

   trimedstaff - 2013-03-29 10:57

5. CT Revs Up the Slices

   ... soft plaque, which is thought to play a role in half of heart attacks deaths-those that occur without evidence of an obstruction. And ... is used to confirm clean arteries in patients undergoing valvular surgery, thus avoiding catheterization. Lima says one of the ...

   trimedstaff - 2013-03-29 09:44

6. Cardiac CT Goes for the Gold Standard

   ... even as validation studies are still in the works. And with heart disease as the leading killer of Americans and most developed countries, ...  9. Cardiac veins  None  10. Valvular disease - prostheses  Echocardiography & MRI Sneak ...

   trimedstaff - 2013-03-20 12:21

7. Viewing Cardiac Images: A Peek into the Future

   ... the cardiologist look at the anatomy and function of the heart. “Traditional echo can help determine the presence of valvular stenosis and calculate the ejection fraction, but image quality is not ...

   trimedstaff - 2013-03-18 10:33

8. The 3D Heart: Seeing More, More Quickly

   ... clinicians can often determine the presence and extent of heart disease without an invasive procedure. On the horizon, 3D users see ... detect even subtle variations from the norm. Wall motion, valvular motion and other complex elements of the cardiac cycle are observed in ...

   gkolesar - 2013-02-25 15:04

9. Imaging’s don’t do list: 17 societies make picks

   ... echocardiograms for surveillance after a finding of trace valvular regurgitation on an initial echocardiogram. (American Society of ... assessment of patients with no history or symptoms of heart disease. (American Society of Echocardiography) Avoid using stress ...

   lfratt - 2013-02-21 08:06

10. As Real-Time 3D Echo Matures, It Finds a Clinical Niche

    ... to 3D anatomy, but by depicting full volumes of the heart and quantifying ventricular global and regional function, it moves ... intra-, and post-operative 3D TEE imaging, especially for valvular heart disease. Lang and colleagues have routinely performed ...

    gkolesar - 2013-02-15 13:38

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