December 11, 2006 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a polytetrafluoroethylene-heparin vascular graft for use in the treatment of peripheral artery disease, a myocardial ...

They said about half of all patients in a 10-year study who had normal results on a nuclear stress test known as SPECT were found to have significant buildup of calcium on the walls of their arteries ...

Contrast-enhanced MRI is better than SPECT in detecting heart damage in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease that can lead to sudden death in young patients. SPECT nuclear medicine ...

A heart CT scan uses X-rays to create an image of the heart and blood vessels. Healthcare professionals may also refer to it as cardiac CT angiography. A CT scan is a noninvasive imaging procedure.

Wellington Regional Hospital in New Zealand has installed an advanced single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)-CT scanner to improve diagnostic capabilities. The new scanner incorporates the ...