Sentences with phrase «ct angiography»

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Computed tomography, including CT fistulograms, CT pyelograms, and CT lymphangiograms, CT angiography for portosystemic shunts

The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Pediatric Radiology Department offers for children, from newborns to teens, standard CT studies as well as state - of - the - art high resolution and 3D CT angiography (to see inside the blood vessels), all supervised and interpreted by board - certified pediatric experts.

They used ultrasound to assess the narrowing and compared the results from ultrasound to those found using CT angiography.

«Cardiac CT angiography is helpful for identifying diabetic patients who are at higher risk for heart events, who may benefit from more aggressive therapy to help modify that risk,» added Dr. Leipsic.

The study is the first systematic scientific study using four - dimensional CT angiography to assess valve performance of TAVR and surgical tissue valves in patients with aortic stenosis.

Volume - rendering software was paired with CT angiography to discern an abnormal widening in the aorta (the large pink vessel running from the top of the image, surrounding the heart, to the lower parts of the body) close to the heart.

«CT angiography appears better at predicting future risk for patients with chest pain: Ability to reveal nonobstructive coronary artery disease identifies at - risk patients missed by functional testing.»

The superiority of CT angiography primarily depended on its ability to reveal nonobstructive coronary artery disease.

«We do show that obstructive coronary artery disease and myocardial ischemia remain the strongest predictors of future cardiovascular events, but for the first time, in a randomized comparison we demonstrate the ability of CT angiography (CTA) to identify a large group of at - risk patients who would have been missed by functional stress testing,» says Hoffmann, who is director of the MGH Cardiac MR PET CT Program.

An analysis of diagnostic test results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial — in which patients with stable chest pain were randomized to either anatomic or functional testing as an initial diagnostic strategy — showed that the presence and extent of coronary artery disease detected by CT angiography better predicted the risk for future cardiac events than did measures of exercise tolerance or restricted blood flow to the heart muscle.

Not exact matches

The patients with chest pain diagnoses were classified into 1 of 5 testing strategies: no noninvasive testing, exercise electrocardiography (EE, evaluates the heart's electrical activity), stress echocardiography (SE, ultrasound), myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS, scan of heart) or coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA, CT imaging).

Imaging of the coronary arteries with computed tomography (CT) angiography provides an accurate assessment of arterial plaque and could have a dramatic impact on the management of diabetic patients who face a high risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events, according to a new multicenter study published online in the journal Radiology.

State - of - the - art facilities include high - speed computed tomography (CT), MRI, biplane angiography equipment and a new $ 14 million cerebrovascular biplane suite.

The Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital is well equipped to support the cardiovascular medicine service including in - house MRI, CT - angiography, nuclear imaging, and critical care support.

EXPERIENCE Radiology Technologist September 2008 - September 2009 Godwin Corporation, Tripler Army Medical Center, HI Proficient in all clerical aspects of radiology to include patient check - in, informed consent, and use of CHCS and PACS programs Fluoroscopic exams to include pediatric and adult barium enemas, esophagrams, G.I. studies, VCUG's, HSG's, and modified barium swallows Use of portable C - arm in operating room procedures to include orthopedic, spinal, abdominal, urologic, vascular, and interventional radiology cases Operation of stationary C - arm in upper and lower extremity arthrogram studies and lumbar punctures Preparation of contrast material for gastrointestinal, gynecological, urologic, intravenous and intra-arterial studies Inpatient and outpatient diagnostic x-rays to include upper and lower extremities, cranium, chest and abdomen Proficient in emergency patient care protocol to include CPR, oxygen administration, suction and use of monitoring systems such as EKG and blood pressure equipment Adherence to all radiation protection standards in accordance with ALARA Instruction of Army Radiology students in all aspects of radiography Radiology Specialist (Active Duty) February 2008 - July 2008 U.S. Army, Tripler Army Medical Center, HI Diagnostic radiographic imaging using digital, portable, C - arm and plain film systems Fluoroscopic, orthopedic and operating room radiography utilizing GE, Siemens, Canon, and Fuji equipment Interventional procedures to include aortograms, peripheral and cerebral angiography, venography, femoral runoffs, arthrograms, fistulagrams and lumbar punctures Preparation and set up of sterile field and instruments for interventional and fluoroscopic procedures using proper sterile technique Proper set up and use of intra-arterial and intravenous injector systems Experience with reconstruction, subtraction, road mapping and duplication of digital images Orientation to additional radiology modalities such as ultrasound, MRI, nuclear medicine, CT and mammography

• Emory University Hospital Department of Radiology — The utilization of CT imaging in patients who present to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain, 2005 — 2007 • Emory University Hospital Department of Radiology — CTA for the pre-operative evaluation of living related liver donors, 2001 — 2001 • Emory University Hospital Department of Geriatrics — Transferring behavior research into nursing home practice (this study is prospective and is being funded by the National Institute on Aging), 2000 — 2002 • CTA for the Pre-Operative Evaluation of Living Related Liver Donors: A Comparison of Multi-Detector CT and Digital Subtraction Angiography, Radiological Society of North America, 2001 • Characteristics of Age - Related Macular Degeneration Patients with Low Vision Receiving Visual Rehabilitation, American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 1998