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ECR: 3 tips for developing a successful cardiac imaging practice

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He noted that in 2019, the European Society of Cardiology issued updated guidelines for diagnostic imaging of coronary artery disease (CAD), recommending noninvasive imaging (i.e., vs. 1.9%) as well as an increase in the demand for noninvasive imaging for the diagnosis of CAD between 2013 and 2017 across all cardiac imaging modalities.

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American Cancer Society Releases Updated Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines

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The recommended annual screening test for lung cancer is a low-dose computed tomography scan (also called a low-dose CT scan, or LDCT). The guideline, last updated in 2013, is published in the ACS flagship journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Anyone at any age can get lung cancer.

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Patient Retention Through Coronary Artery Calcification Scoring

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AI for CAC Emergent cardiovascular diseases strain hospital resources, but one of the most useful, non-invasive tools in predicting the likelihood of coronary artery disease – CAC scoring delivered through chest CT – is frequently not leveraged effectively for proactive disease management. link] 2 Williams, K.

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The ED Guide to Neuroimaging: Part 1

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Computed Tomography. Neurovascular Diseases. In Clinical Neuroanatomy, 28th Edition (2013). Neurodegenerative Diseases and Hydrocephalus. David Rusinak, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology, Northwestern Medicine How to cite this post [Peer-Reviewed, Web Publication] Whipple T, Gappmeier V (2018, April 23 ).

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, June 2023

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Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. 0000000000001232 Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is one of the most common clinical conditions that a neuroimager will encounter. Anti-amyloid antibody therapies in Alzheimer’s disease. Sharrief A. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2023;29(2):501-518. doi:10.1212/CON.0000000000001232

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Emergency Guide to Stroke Neuroimaging

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A 2014 pooled analysis of 21 studies from 1993 to 2013 showed CTA has a sensitivity of 83.2% Retrieved from [link] References National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion , Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. Vascular Diseases of the Brain.” and specificity of 95% with a 97.1%