X-Ray Imaging Shows How COVID-19 Causes Vascular Heart Damage
An interdisciplinary research team has detected significant changes in the heart muscle tissue of people who died from COVID-19.
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Chest CT Can Distinguish Negative from Positive Lab Results for COVID-19
“When patients with suspected COVID-19 pneumonia who have an epidemiologic history and typical CT features have negative initial RT-PCR results,” the study authors wrote, “repeated RT-PCR tests and patient isolation should be considered.”
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SNMMI Requests Regulatory Relief for Training for Imaging and Localization Studies
The joint letter requests that the NRC allow certain educational requirements be met using virtual technology during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Interventional Radiologists Modify Protocol for COVID-19 Pandemic
An open-access article in the American Journal of Roentgenology details practical updates that radiologists should institute to minimize risks for patients and imaging personnel alike during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pulmonary Embolism and COVID-19
“We advise clinicians to think of pulmonary embolism as an additional complication early on during the admission of patients whose symptoms and lab results point to that condition,” says Pallavi Bhargava, MD.
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Healthcare Coalition Launches COVID-19 Decision Support Dashboard
This free, web-based tool synthesizes large amounts of complex data into easy-to-use findings for public and private-sector leaders navigating the “reopening” of communities and businesses.
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ACR Statement on Recent Tragedies and Racial Inequities
American College of Radiology officials say they “recognize the [recent current] events as tragedies not only for our population, patients, and frontline colleagues, but for our profession and nation.” And such events must be addressed, they assert.
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New Mental Health Platform to Support Healthcare Workers
A team at Penn Medicine, in collaboration with UnitedHealth Group, created COBALT—a digital platform that offers immediate access to mental health support for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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