Archive for April, 2010

Healthcare Web site Expands Reach to Cardiology – PR Newswire

Friday, April 30th, 2010

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) recently joined the Network, launching the SCAI Career Center and bringing new reach to more than 4,000 invasive and interventional cardiologists. HEALTHe CAREERS is a community of >> Angiography News >>

CT angiography before catheterization is cost-effective in some – TheHeart.Org

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Philadelphia, PA – Asymptomatic patients with positive stress-test results and a pretest probability of coronary disease under 50% should undergo coronary computed-tomography angiography (CCTA), according to the results of a new cost-effectiveness >> more Angiography >>

Medical News: CT Angiography Cuts Costs in Screening for CAD – in – MedPage Today

Friday, April 30th, 2010

In order to receive your certificate of participation, you should read the information about this activity, including the disclosure statements, review the entire activity, take the post-test, and complete the evaluation form. You may then follow the >> Angiography News >>

Research for veterans’ health care growing – Temple Daily Telegram

Friday, April 30th, 2010

William Oldendorf, a VA researcher in Los Angeles, created the prototype of the first CT scanner and others have been responsible for developing tuberculosis therapies, pacemakers and the nicotine patch. The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System >> more CT Scan >>

Ginobili to get CT scan Saturday – Dallas Morning News (blog)

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Not likely. But he will have some tests done on his head after X-rays revealed at AT&T Center that he has a broken nose after Dirk Nowitzki’s inadvertent elbow clipped him in the third quarter. Ginobili returned to the game with a bandage on his nose >> more CT Scan >>

Improving CT scans to speed up lung cancer diagnosis – CNET

Friday, April 30th, 2010

NIST’s Zachary Levine (left) and Joe Chen load a boxful of polymer ellipsoids into a CT scanner to test its ability to measure the volume of lung tumors. Currently, radiologists measure the sizes of potentially cancerous lung nodules by measuring >> CT Scanning >>