"Following standard angiography, microvascular angina was commonly misdiagnosed as noncardiac chest pain," he added.

A study conducted at NYU Langone Medical Center finds that unnecessary radiation in cardiac stress tests costs $500 million a year and causes nearly 500 cases of cancer. Greater use of ultrasound or ...

An increasing number of emergency department patients are being given computed tomography (CT) scans — even those patients who are unlikely to benefit and are most likely to experience harm from the ...

Heart imaging tests provide a picture of the heart, blood vessels, and surrounding tissue to help diagnose and monitor conditions that affect this organ. A doctor can use the images from these tests ...

Researchers have validated a new radiolabeled molecule that can be used with imaging tests to accurately detect and characterize brain injury. The team, led by investigators at Massachusetts General ...

Many emergency department physicians over-order costly advanced imaging tests for fear of missing unlikely, but possible, conditions and being sued for malpractice, according to a study published in ...

The retrospective phase 2b study, which explored the use of various non-invasive tests (NITs) to assess response to semaglutide, adds to growing evidence that the drug not only improves metabolic ...

Although guidelines do not recommend computerised tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the staging or follow-up of asymptomatic patients with non ...

Scientists in London have developed an ecological imaging test that may help determine which breast cancers are most likely to be deadly— an analysis that could in turn help doctors tailor individuals ...

WASHINGTON — It’s a daily occurrence in the radiology department at Georgetown University Hospital, says Susan Ascher, director of abdominal imaging: An obese patient with belly pain on the lower ...

April 18, 2011 (Dover, Delaware) — The state of Delaware’s insurance commissioner is demanding that Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Delaware (BSBCD) make some major changes to its "imaging preauthorization ...