Showing posts with label CT scanning technique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CT scanning technique. Show all posts

Monday, 23 August 2010

3D CT Technique To Enhance Cardiac Ablations

According to a recent study, a new 3D CT scanning technique can enhance the treatment of a dangerous and life threatening cardiac condition, ventricular tachycardia. The heartstructurestudy is published online in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, a journal of the American Heart Association. Currently, this condition is treated by ablation. Yet, this technique has a long term success rate ranging between 50-60% only.  In their study, researchers from Baltimore’s University of Maryland School of Medicine have been testing software applications for two years to use with the new CT technique.