Search Tag: Clinical
Improving risk literacy
2017 19 Sep
Developing risk literacy could greatly benefit healthcare What research is undertaken at the Harding Center for Risk Literacy? Our goal is to help people in their struggle to understand and assess risks and to facilitate better risk-related decisions. Our primary focus has been on healthcare where transparent risk communication can... Read more
New indications for coronary CT angiography
2017 19 Sep
The time has come The latest in CCTA and how the quality and timeliness of diagnosis can be improved. Since the beginning of the 21st century coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA ) has turned from a research tool with ill-defined indications into the recognised cardiac imaging modality with proven clinical and prognostic... Read more
When 2D Imaging Is Insufficient in Understanding Congenital Heart Disease Cases
2017 18 May
Cardiology has the distinction of being one of the earliest specializations in which patient-specific 3D anatomical models were implemented as part of treatment procedures. And although Medical 3D Printing has been used in the field for quite a few years already, much debate remains regarding which case should involve a 3D patient-specific... Read more