Today, Baptist Medical Center will be the first hospital in Mississippi to use the PET/CT cardiac imaging system, which is the most advanced technology for detecting disease in the coronary arteries. This particular imaging system fuses Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computerized Tomography (CT) into a single unit revealing proper blood flow to the [...]
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Today, Baptist Begins Using PET CT Cardiac Imaging Helping in the Fight Against Heart Disease
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Cardiologist Discusses Calcium Scoring for your Heart
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010var s1 = new SWFObject(“/mediaplayer.swf”,”sfvideo1″,”352″,”288″,”9.0.115″); s1.addParam(“allowfullscreen”,”true”); s1.addParam(“allowscriptaccess”,”always”); s1.addParam(“wmode”,”transparent”); s1.addVariable(“file”, “/mednews/media/wlbt-calcium-scoring.mp4″); s1.addVariable(“config”, “/config.xml”); s1.addVariable(“width”, “352″); s1.addVariable(“height”, “288″); s1.addVariable(“image”, “/images/poster_mednews352x288.png”); s1.addVariable(“title”, “Cardiologist Discusses Calcium Scoring for your Heart”); s1.write(“video1″); Cardiologist Alfredo H. Figuero, MD with Baptist Cardiology Clinic appeared on the WLBT 4 pm show to discuss risk factors for heart disease, and should you consider the [...]
Healthy Heart Tip for February 22 2010
Monday, February 22nd, 2010If you have multiple risk factors for heart disease, you should consider the Cardiac Calcium Scoring screening. Calcium deposits shows coronary plaque and risk of future coronary disease. This screening detects calcium deposits in coronary arteries and compares it to standards for your age and gender. For details and to see if you qualify for [...]
