Although contrast agents have an essential role in non-invasive imaging techniques, potential side effects limit their use. For example, both low- and iso-osmolar iodinated contrast media used in ...
Cardiovascular medicine is changing. It is progressively becoming more and more disease-based for diagnosis and therapy with the development of multidisciplinary meetings, often image guided. Some of ...
A cardiologist has just called upon the US Food and Drug Administration to reconsider a strong warning it recently placed on a diagnostic tool, stating that the warning could prevent doctors from ...
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A comprehensive new study based on nationwide claims data from more than 11 million patients shows that diagnostic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) exams are safe and can ...
Transthoracic echocardiography utilizes both visual (qualitative) and quantitative tools to evaluate cardiac structure and function Traditional techniques, such as two-dimensional and Doppler imaging, ...
Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lumason (sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres; Bracco Diagnostics Inc.), an ultrasound enhancing agent, for use in echocardiography to ...
N. BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic medical imaging, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted ...