Posts Tagged ‘artery’

Surgery To Be Transformed By Operating Room Radiography

In a move that could change the way many patients undergo surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has installed five state-of-the-art Siemens Artis zeego® medical imaging systems that provide faster, more accurate 3-D images of the body with a quality never before attainable. With more complete information, surgeons can better assess a patient’s [...]

Society Of Interventional Radiology Announces Gold Medalists

Three Society of Interventional Radiology members-John D. Fulco, M.D., FSIR; Irvin F. Hawkins Jr., M.D., FSIR; and David C. Levin, M.D., FSIR, were awarded the society’s Gold Medal, an honor that is given to those who have helped ensure the future of interventional radiology by advancing the quality of medicine [...]

Regadenoson Found To Be Safe, Effective For Use In Heart Transplant Patients

The drug regadenoson is safe and poses fewer side effects than the conventional medication used during a cardiac nuclear stress test of heart transplant patients, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Researchers say the 25 patients in the study did not experience adverse side effects such as abnormally low blood pressure or [...]

Going For Gold With A Novel Interventional Radiology Treatment For Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer known as the most fatal cancer with no known effective treatment requires a radical new therapy. A promising approach may come in the form of tiny gold nanoparticles loaded with a therapeutic agent to kill cancer in a novel procedure called “nanoembolization,” said researchers at the Society of [...]

Novel Interventional Radiology Treatment With Microspheres Shows Promise For Liver Cancer Patients

An interventional radiology treatment the use of intra-arterial yttrium-90 microspheres for liver cancer (also known as hepatocellular carcinoma) shows promise in prolonging life for many patients with this devastating condition, according to researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.
“This is encouraging news for [...]

Predicting Disease By Imaging Fat Layer Around HeartPredicting Disease By Imaging Fat Layer Around Heart

Imaging epicardial adipose tissue, or the layer of fat around the heart, can provide extra information compared with standard diagnostic techniques such as coronary artery calcium scoring, according to research by cardiologists at Emory University School of Medicine. The size of the layer of fat around the heart can be measured [...]

Mayo Clinic Study On How To Minimize Radiation Risks Of Angioplasty Shows Highest Doses In Men, Large Body Mass, Complex Cases

Body size, gender and the complexity of heart disease significantly influence how much cumulative radiation skin dose that patients receive during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) therapy, also known as angioplasty, according to a new Mayo Clinic study. The study was undertaken as a quality control initiative to reduce the potential [...]

How To Minimize Radiation Risks Of Angioplasty Shows Highest Doses In Men, Large Body Mass, Complex Cases

Body size, gender and the complexity of heart disease significantly influence how much cumulative radiation skin dose that patients receive during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) therapy, also known as angioplasty, according to a new Mayo Clinic study. The study was undertaken as a quality control initiative to reduce the potential [...]

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