Study: CT Scans Nearly As Accurate As Angiography

New research published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine reveals that noninvasive CT...

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November 27th, 2008 - 19:16

EPIX Pharmaceuticals Says FDA Approved Vasovist

U.S. federal regulators approved Vasovist, EPIX Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s blood pool magnetic...

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December 25th, 2008 - 20:10

CT Scans Accurate in Spotting Blocked Arteries

Non-invasive CT scans proved to be as good as conventional angiography at spotting blocked arteries...

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November 28th, 2008 - 16:00

Angioplasty Overused in Heart Patients

Percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI is the clinical name for angioplasty and cardiac...

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October 16th, 2008 - 14:42

Radiation Exposure from CT Scans Should Be Reduced

Radiation dose during CT scans used to diagnose heart and vascular disease is a concern for many...

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February 05th, 2009 - 17:00

Cardiac Scans Should Be Recommended With Caution, Radiation Risk

An advisory committee convened by the American Heart Association’s Council on Clinical...

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February 04th, 2009 - 14:30

Epix’s Contrast Agent Vasovist Approved by FDA for Use with MRA

Epix Pharmaceutical Inc.’s intravascular contrast agent Vasovist was approved by US...

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December 23rd, 2008 - 15:39

Study: CT Scans - an Alternative to Angiography, but Questions Persist

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that newer CT scans that use...

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November 28th, 2008 - 14:20

CT Scans Unreliable as Heart Test

Wednesday, the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that even though Medicare, the United...

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November 27th, 2008 - 21:19

CT Scans Nearly As Accurate As Angiography

New research published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine reveals that noninvasive CT...

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November 27th, 2008 - 13:54

Heart Patients Don’t Get the Recommended Tests before Angioplasty

Less than half of all Americans who undergo non-emergency artery-opening procedures for heart...

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October 15th, 2008 - 14:11

AHA Releases First Guidelines for Strokes in Children

As strokes are growing more common among infants and children, the American Heart Association on...

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July 18th, 2008 - 14:20

Lack of "Sunshine" Vitamin D Linked to Death

A new study has further highlighted the importance of the Vitamin D group of substances to human...

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June 24th, 2008 - 22:16

Vitamin D May Reduce Risk of Death

A new study by Austrian researchers published in the June 23 edition of the Archives of Internal...

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June 24th, 2008 - 11:06

Patients with Stents Face Higher Risk for Recurrent Thrombosis

Patients who had an additional stent implanted as emergency treatment for their stent thrombosis...

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March 30th, 2008 - 21:02