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Minneapolis Heart Institute study shows newer cardiac CT not hazardous for kids
[MedPage Today, July 18, 2011] Children under 18 can safely undergo coronary CT angiography (CCTA) imaging with radiation exposure equivalent to a few chest x-rays, without suffering degradation in image quality and diagnostic confidence, a single-center study found. Between 2007 and 2011, the effective radiation dose delivered to patients under 18 went from 1.7 mSv [...]
Posted: July 27th, 2011, 12:14 pm under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, MedPage Today, Minneapolis Heart Institute.
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Money Worries Delay MI Treatment
[MedPage Today, April 13, 2010] Lack of insurance and financial concerns keep patients from treating a heart attack like the emergency it is, researchers affirmed. More than two in every five heart attack patients in the study fit into these two groups, they wrote in the April 14 issue of the Journal of the American [...]
Posted: April 14th, 2010, 4:34 pm under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, heart health, MedPage Today, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Online.
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In triathlons, swimming poses greatest risk of death
[MedPage Today, April 6, 2010] Most triathlon participants who drop dead during the competition do so in the water, researchers said. Investigation of 14 sudden deaths among triathletes from 2006 to 2008 showed that all but one occurred during the swimming portion, reported Kevin M. Harris, MD, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute of Abbott Northwestern [...]
Posted: April 8th, 2010, 6:56 am under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, MedPage Today, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Online, _.
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