New evidence from a large randomized study is answering important questions about the best approach to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with a type of heart attack known as ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).In the study, drug-eluting stents outperformed bare-metal stents, and high-dose tirofiban, an anti-clotting medication, proved to be equally effective and have fewer side effects than the catheter lab standard, abciximab.The study is being reported today in a Late-Breaking Clinical Trials session at the SCAI...
Monday, 31 March 2008
Friday, 28 March 2008
ASL MRI
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A New Label By Dan Harvey Radiology Today Vol. 9 No. 1 P. 10 A study presented in November at RSNA 2007 offered new information about the relationship existing between high blood pressure and Alzheimer’s disease. The results strongly indicated how hypertension worsens the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s disease and underscores the value of arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI in this research area. ASL MRI, a relatively new and noninvasive imaging...
Shoulder Relief — Intervening to Tame Tendonitis
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Shoulder Relief — Intervening to Tame Tendonitis By Beth W. Orenstein Radiology Today Vol. 9 No. 1 P. 18 Radiologists in Italy have developed a minimally invasive procedure for treating patients who suffer from calcific tendonitis of the shoulder. The procedure takes no more than 20 minutes and is providing many patients with long-term relief and few aftereffects at a low cost. Calcific tendonitis causes small calcium deposit formations ...
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
RSNA NEWS
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http://www.rsna.org/Publications/rsnanews/March-2008/upload/RSNA_News_March2008....
Compendium of Fetal MRI
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http://www.bidmc.harvard.edu/content/bidmc/departments/radiology/files/fetalatlas/atlas.h...
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Upcoming Radiology Refresher Course - Great topics and speakers. Heres a list of the topics to be covered over 4 days
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35th Annual ISS Radiology Refresher CourseOctober 29 - November 1Taj Palace, New DelhiWEDNESDAY - October 29, 20080630 - 0800 Registration0800 - 0810 Welcome - Jeremy J. Kaye / Michael RechtModerators: Murali Sundaram, MD, Jeremy J. Kaye, MD0810 - 0820 Welcome - India0820 - 0840 Indian Healthcare - A Journalists Perspective - N. Ram, Managing Editor, The Hindu0840 - 0900 Musculoskeletal Radiology in India - Common and Unique Pathology - Govindji Jankharia0900-1020 Session 2: Technical Advances 1 (MR)Moderator: Michael Recht, MD0900-0920 New Sequences...
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Interesting Cases in Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology
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Please follow the linkhttp://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/Rad/ncases.htm#h...
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