Researchers from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom found that preclinical ultrasound could improve detection of diseases in blood vessels and identify early signs of cardiovascular disease before a patient develops symptoms, according to research published online in the August issue of Ultrasound.

Philips introduces EPIQ CVx, offering cardiologists tailored applications for diagnostic, pediatric and interventional echocardiography featuring faster data processing, sharper imaging, robust automated quantification and customizable exam tools designed to help cardiologists deliver better care for their patients.

One of the largest known brain imaging studies used 62,000 brain SPECT scans to discover that disorders such as schizophrenia and patterns of cerebral blood flow can help predict accelerated aging of the brain.

Valvular heart disease patients who were black, women, older or used Medicaid were less likely to receive recommended transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE), according to a Massachusetts General Hospital study.

When not administering therapy to patients who had heart surgery, Trinley Dorje, a physiotherapy assistant in Toronto, is creating anatomical art from medical images of the human body, according to a report published Aug. 15 by CBC in Canada.

A 42-year-old British woman was shocked to find from an MRI scan that her swollen eye was because a contact lens had been embedded in her eyelid for 28 years, according to a recent article by CNN.

Using coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) measurement identified with cardiac stress PET was more accurate at predicting adverse events in obese patients compared to measuring body mass index (BMI), according to a recent Journal of the American College of Cardiology study.

Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School recommend stricter chest x-ray screenings of children fitted with epicardial pacemakers to detect those at risk of coronary artery compression, according to a study published online Aug. 13 in HeartRhythm.