Archive for the 'Angiography' Category

Digital Breast Imaging

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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Malpractice Medical Cardiac Catheterization Angiography 3

Then the doctor will make a small cut over the femoral artery in the upper part of the leg.
A special needle is then inserted into the artery itself.
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Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Malpractice Medical Cardiac Catheterization Angiography 2

On the day of your operation, you will be asked to put on a surgical gown.
You may receive a sedative by mouth and an intravenous line may be put in.
You will then be transferred to the operating table.
To begin, your leg and groin are swabbed with an antiseptic solution.
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Malpractice Medical Cardiac Catheterization Angiography 1

Your doctor has recommended that you undergo a cardiac catheterization. But what does that actually mean?
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Angling of beam during coronary CT halves radiation dose to breast

CHICAGO (Reuters Health), Dec 9 - Use of “an angled gantry approach,” or “angled axial image acquisition” during coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography significantly reduces the amount of radiation delivered to breast tissue, radiologists from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia reported Thursday at the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of [...]

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

CT not ready to replace conventional coronary angiography

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 26 - Although MDCT angiography can accurately assess the presence and severity of coronary disease and identify patients who will require revascularization, its relatively low negative and positive predictive values mean that it cannot yet replace conventional angiography.
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Friday, November 28th, 2008