The Catskill Chronicle

Pictured with Scanner are Administrative Director of Radiologyat CRMC, Dr. George Osmun & CEO, Steve Ruwoldt of CRMC – Provided photo

MONTICELLO, NY (February 10, 2011) – Mark your calendar and make a pledge as WSUL 98.3 / 95.7 and WVOS 95.9 join forces again to raise money for the Cardio-Pulmonary Department of Catskill Regional Medical Center.

This year’s Heartathon will take place in Catskill Regional Medical Center’s Garden Level Food Court on Saturday, February 26 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

WSUL and WVOS will both broadcast live from the hospital for the entire event.

CTA software package for CT Scanner –

It not only can determine the severity of heart blockages, but it also directly visualizes the atherosclerotic plaque deposited in the vessel wall.  It can identify the early stages of soft (fatty and fibrous) plaque formation even before it can be visualized on x-ray angiography images.  It also visualizes calcified plaque, which occurs in more chronic coronary artery disease

Patients undergoing a coronary CTA receive an intravenous (IV) injection to the bloodstream during the procedure, which clearly defines the blood vessels being examined by making them appear bright white.

CTA scanning combines cross-sectional C.T. equipment with special detectors in the scanner, typically, 64 or more detectors that provide clearer final images and feed the images into sophisticated computers to produce multiple images of the major vessels inside of the Heart. Cross-sectional images of the area being studied also gather important clinical information which is then processed by computer programs to provide the physician with relevant information in order to evaluate the patient’s cardiac symptoms.

CTA can provide important insights into the extent and nature of plaque formation with or without any narrowing of the coronary arteries. Coronary CTA also can exclude narrowing of the arteries as the cause of chest discomfort and detect other possible causes of symptoms.