Sentences with phrase «heart imaging procedures»
Before undergoing heart imaging procedures involving radiation, healthcare providers should help patients understand why the procedure is needed and its potential benefits and risks, including risks related to radiation exposure, according to a new scientific statement in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.
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«Heart imaging procedures account for almost 40 percent of the radiation exposure from medical imaging.»
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The procedure involves general anesthesia and imaging guided use of a wire catheter threaded through a vein to the heart to make scores of tiny burns of tissue in which the irregular heartbeats arise.
She was diagnosed with a heart attack, and a coronary angiography (a procedure that uses X-ray imaging to see the heart's blood vessels) showed a spontaneous coronary dissection.
«Our goal is to focus on approaches that, when properly implemented, will lessen radiation risks for children with heart disease while still allowing the imaging procedures to be effective.»
In both dogs and cats, your veterinarian may elect to perform chest radiographs (x-rays), an echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart), or other imaging studies, or to refer your pet to a specialist for these procedures.
If you are referred to a veterinary cardiologist, they may also recommend other advanced imaging techniques (such as cardiac CT or cardiac MRI scans) for diagnosis of complex heart diseases or cardiac catheterization procedures to treat certain congenital heart diseases such as pulmonic stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus.
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«More than 20 million diagnostic imaging procedures are performed each year in Australia, to diagnose and manage conditions ranging from bone fractures to cancer, stroke and heart disease.