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Cancer risk from cardiac CT overstated: researchers say
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Radiology and cardiovascular researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., today presented new data that shows the risk of cancer from exposure to radiation during computed tomography for ...
People without heart disease symptoms should use caution in obtaining cardiac imaging exams
Feb 02, 2009 |
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At the radiation dose levels used in cardiac imaging exams, such as cardiac CT or nuclear medicine scans, the risk of potentially harmful effects from ionizing radiation are low. However, since the exact level of risk is ...
Large study illustrates cardiac CT can effectively assess coronary artery disease
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Cardiac CT can effectively assess coronary artery stenosis, according to a large study performed at Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Cardiac CT is more cost effective when managing low-risk patients with chest pain
Jul 09, 2009 |
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The use of cardiac CT for low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency department, instead of the traditional standard of care (SOC) workup, may reduce a patient’s length of stay and hospital charges, according to a study ...
EKG can show false positive readings for diagnosing heart condition
Nov 16, 2009 |
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The electrical measurements on the electrocardiogram can often mislead physicians in diagnosing the heart condition left ventricular hypertrophy, causing other screening tests to be ordered before a definitive conclusion ...
