UCSF Imaging’s Miguel Hernandez Pampaloni, MD, recently authored a study on PET imaging using regadenoson as a stressor to measure reduced myocardal and coronary blood flow for patients after orthotopic heart transplants.
Nearly one hundred sixty thousand people die every year in the U. S. from lung cancer -- a higher number than deaths from breast, prostate, colon, and ovarian cancers combined. But regular screening with low-dose radiation CT scans can catch lung cancer early.
The US Preventative Services Task Force has released new recommendations in favor of annual CT lung cancer screening for long-term smokers. The decision is yet another step forward for screening advocates and the change in policy has the potential to save 20,000 lives each year, experts say.
A study published in Radiology and highlighted on TIME’s Healthland finds that coronary CT angiography may be a better predictor of heart attack risk than cholesterol tests and blood pressure readings.
When it comes to men versus women, women are now in the lead… But this isn’t a race that either gender wants to win. For the first time, women who smoke are more likely to die of lung cancer than male smokers.
In a recent blog, I reported that two current studies support the belief that coronary CT angiography is as good as or better than the current clinical standard practice performed to exclude coronary disease in the emergency room. Read about the second study.
Recent evidence supports the belief that coronary CT angiography (coronary CTA) is as good as or better than the current clinical standard practice performed to exclude coronary disease in the emergency room.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recently updated their recommendations in favor of lung cancer screening. This is the first professional group to come out in favor of lung cancer screening.
