Cardio-oncology

This channel includes news and new technology innovations about cardio oncology, the subspeciality of monitoring, preventing and treating cardiovascular damage caused by cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Chemo and radiation can damage or kill cardiac muscle cells, which can result in reduced cardiac pumping capacity. The speciality of cardio-oncology monitors cardiac performance with a baseline echocardiogram and followup imaging during treatments to ensure the heart is not damaged.

News | Oncology Diagnostics

May 6, 2016 — The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released an expert consensus ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

January 27, 2016 — Effective Jan. 1, 2016, the American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) ...

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June 24, 2015 - A nationwide study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology identified current ...

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February 17, 2015 — Certain types of chemotherapy are associated with heart issues known as cancer therapeutics-related ...

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October 13, 2014 – Significant numbers of patients who have been treated with chemotherapy drugs are at risk to have ...

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April 21, 2014 — Cardiologists and cancer experts at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan have joined forces to ...

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April 7, 2014 — Epsilon Imaging Inc. has expanded its EchoInsight automated measurement suite for improved analysis and ...

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July 10, 2013 — Epsilon Imaging Inc. announced a clinical study demonstrating EchoInsight for Cardio Oncology to be a ...

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March 22, 2013 — A new report that breast cancer patients treated with low doses of radiation therapy have a heightened ...

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October 24, 2011 – The European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) has announced it is working together with the ...

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October 14, 2011 — The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is preparing a guideline document on using strain ...

Time October 14, 2011
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October 7, 2011 — There is good news for cancer patients whose medical treatments put them at risk for future cardiac ...

Time October 07, 2011
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