Renowned researcher in prenatal diagnostics joins Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...and coordinated a pilot study of a first-trimester ultrasound screeningprogram. The results of that study confir...is one of theworld's most respected authorities on ultrasound and the development ofthree-dimensional ultrasound imaging. The BUN study screens women for several ...Risk factors for stroke after heart surgery identified
...ys the study was unique because patients underwent ultrasound todetermine if there was plaque buildup in their aortic artery before surgery. "Aortic atherosclerosis is a recognized risk factor for stroke -- both forsurgical and non-surgical patients. Because we were better able to adjust forthis risk factor, o...Heart valve disease increases risk of death, research shows
... editorial. While the research study used ultrasound to diagnose aortic valvedisease, physicians could ... in this observational study hadechocardiograms -- ultrasound tests of the heart -- when the study began in 1989. Using these tests to identify participan...... The first fundamental breakthrough in diagnostic ultrasound for theheart in more than a decade -- real-time Vo...phy -- is now available to instantaneously provide ultrasound scansof the whole heart, rather than a single isolated section. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's...Mitral valve prolapse less common, less harmful than previously thought
...n the late1970s and early 1980s with the advent of ultrasound technology which, for thefirst time, enabled doctors to view the mitral valve noninvasively. According toDr. Emelia Benjamin, the senior investigator, the earlier studies were conductedusing M-mode technology, a form of echocardiography, and often re...MGH study shows mitral valve prolapse not a stroke risk factor
...studies using some ofthe earliest forms of cardiac ultrasound or echocardiography. Based on theassumption that ...t overdiagnosis of prolapse. Using 3-dimensional ultrasound techniques pioneered at the MGH, they firstpublished in 1987 evidence that, instead of being shaped ...UNC-CH study shows compressed air sleeve prevents blood clots during hip replacement
...later, technicians performingsophisticated Doppler ultrasound examinations of patients' veins at UNC-CH'sPeripheral Vascular Laboratory found no symptomatic deep vein clots while thosepatients were hospitalized. Only three patients showed partial lung blockagesduring hospitalization, but no one died from blood ...Study suggests a drug treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms
...ould like to see everyone over 65 get an abdominal ultrasound so that thosewith abdominal aortic aneurysms can receive drug therapy instead of needingsurgery or dying unexpectedly from a ruptured aneurysm."...Clogged Neck Artery May Warn Of Heart Attack As Well As Stroke
...elsof the heart. Each person received noninvasive ultrasound tests of the carotidarteries to search both the le...thanthose required for viewing the heart. "Because ultrasound is noninvasive, it is a safe and valuable way to obtaininformation about the carotid blood vessels t......l is carefully administeredutilizing catheters and ultrasound to confirm accurate delivery. Potentialcandidates for the procedure are carefully screened and apprised of possiblerisks. "While we are excited about the immediate and intermediate outcomes, westill need to learn more about the long-term consequences...Artery Temperatures Identify Hot Spots On Plaque That May Rupture And Trigger Heart Attack
...t attack." Other similar methods are intravascular ultrasound and magnetic resonanceimaging. Measuring the heart's temperature might also prove useful for diagnosingconditions such as myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, andaortitis, an inflammation of the large artery that carries blood away from ...New Cancer Procedure At Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Offers Hope
...esinserting a special needle into the tumor, using ultrasound equipment as aguide, to destroy the tissue and obliterate the tumor. "The tip of the needle emits radiofrequency energy, akin to microwave energy,and the tissue around the needle tip is destroyed," said Ronald Zagoria, M.D.,professor of radiologic s...Hardening Of The Aorta Increases The Risk Of Stroke
... "Our imaging technique allows us to put the ultrasound probe right ontothe vessel and look directly at the ascending aorta," says Barzilai. "It's easyto imagine that if plaques break loose, they can potentially travel downstreamtoward the blood vessels that feed the brain or kidneys or other organs. Buti......th no cardiovascular disease asmeasured by carotid ultrasound or ankle-arm index (AAI), have a wide range ofcoro...in terms of their otherperipheral measures-carotid ultrasound or AAI. The only way heart disease wasdetectable in this population was by EBCT." EBCT is a...MIT Touch Lab Research Explores The Hand
... Last year Touch Lab scientists completed an ultrasound microscope thattakes images of the layers of skin at the fingertip much like diagnosticultrasound images fetuses. The microscope is helping the scientists learn moreabout how the fingertip layers deform and change their geometry when we touchsomethin...... the firsttrimester. In fact, with our advances in ultrasound and our expertise inbiochemical testing, we're now...nic villi. Ineither approach, as in amniocentesis, ultrasound imaging is used to direct theneedle or catheter and ensure the safety of the fetus. Cedars-Sinai's p...Heart Valve Abnormalities Examined In Relation To Duration Of Diet Drug Use
...s. Anechocardiogram is a diagnostic test that uses ultrasound to picture both aheart's structure and how blood flows into, within, and out of the heart. Medical information on the 1,163 patients who used fen/phen for morethan three months was gathered from 33 different diet clinics around of thecoun...Ablatherm: An Ultrasound Device For Prostate Cancer Therapy
... notqualify for surgery (mainly men over 70). The ultrasound technique, developed byJean-Yves Chapelon's team a...ound (HIFU) via an endorectal probe. The delivered ultrasound causes anabrupt rise in temperature that leads to local tissue necrosis. The sameendorectal probe is...WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- An ultrasound test of the arteries in the neckmay help doctors p... on the basis ofclassic risk factors." The ultrasound measurements of the carotids, which is non-invasive,appears to provide additional information needed......d Pennsylvania. About 40 percent of the ultrasound study's participants were men and 60percent women....n average of 6.2 years. Scientists used ultrasound to measure the thickness of walls in thecommon and internal carotid arteries. The measures assessed...