New HeartCTScans Deliver Far Less Radiation: New Radiology Study
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ViaMedicaPosted
Wed 24 Feb 2010 12:00am
Imaging entire heart in one sitting reduces exposure time
The newest heart imaging CT technology exposes patients to as much as 91 percent less radiation than standard CTscanning, researchers say.
"Coronary CT angiography has generated great enthusiasm in recent years, due to its diagnostic accuracy in assessing patients with known
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The Evidence Gap - Weighing the Costs of a CTScan’s Look Inside the Heart - Series - NYTimes.com
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Dr. Aniruddha M.Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:13am
The Evidence Gap - Weighing the Costs of a CTScan’s Look Inside the Heart - Series - NYTimes.com: "While clinical trials have not shown that stents benefit patients with no symptoms of heart disease, they are still routinely inserted in such patients when tests find significant blockages. Cardiologists joke that the phenomenon is “ocular stenosis
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CTscan predicts risk of death for heart patients
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Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M.Posted
Sat 06 Dec 2008 4:50amCardiaccomputedtomography (CTA) may be able to help doctors estimate suspected coronary artery disease patients’ chances of dying within the next 15 years, say... coronary artery disease, as revealed by the CTA scan. This finding held true even after participants’ age, gender, and conventional risk factors for coronary heart disease were taken
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A victory for SHAPE, CTheartscans, and doing what is RIGHT
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Dr. William D.Posted
Wed 24 Jun 2009 11:45am
insurers to cover CTheartscans.
(NOTE: Don't make the same mistake that the media often makes and confuse CTheartscans with CT coronary angiography: two different tests, two..., an ambitious effort to open CTheartscanning to people who would benefit from a simple screening test for coronary disease. Rep. Rene Oliveira initially introduced the bill in 2006
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The dark side of CTheartscans
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Dr. William D.Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:26pm
"I just got a heartscan!" declared Eric to his doctor. He handed the report to him.
"Oh my. Your score is 154." The doctor paused, then looked at Eric with a serious... catheterization to discern risk.
If Eric's doctor had been up-to-date on the published literature on the prognostic value of heartscans, he could have advised Eric what the risks were
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Estrogens and CTheartscan scores
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Dr. William D.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:17pm
females, has just published a new study.
In this new effort, women who took Premarin (horse estogens) had up to 61% lower CTheartscan scores . This new study was confined... Your Plaque report, Can estrogen reduce CTheartscan scores? at http://trackyourplaque.com/library/fl_06-017estrogen.asp. (This report is open to both Track Your Plaque Members
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CTScan and Bone Scan
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DariaPosted
Tue 20 Apr 2010 12:00am
Yesterday I went in for my CTscan and bone scan. First the CTscan and getting an IV. Finding a good vein in my left arm is getting to be a bit tricky so the nurse... then poured me my one liter ‘contrast’ drink and sent me to the waiting room so I could slurp it up. A short time later I had my CTscan.
After my CTscan, I went to nuclear
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Went in for scans today. CTscan ...
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RCC-FighterPosted
Mon 04 May 2009 5:26pm
Went in for scans today. CTscan and bone scan, plus labs.
I keep hearing about "scanxiety" leading up to the scans and wonder why I manage to avoid feeling any....
Of course, it was impossible to do so during the CTscan because the robotic man-voice kept talking to me. "Breath in...hold your breath...breath" kept me awake what with me being
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