Press Releases
Westside Medical Imaging to be a pioneering site for non-contrast enhanced high-resolution magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).
Inhance Inflow IR is a new non-contrast application developed by GE Healthcare that offers exquisite image quality without the use of a contrast agent such as gadolinium and without the need for a breath hold or intravenous line.
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Tim Russert’s Sudden Cardiac Death May Have Been Preventable
“Nearly 500,000 Americans die of sudden cardiac death per year in a similar way as the unfortunate and untimely passing of Mr. Tim Russert,” according to Beverly Hills cardiologist, Dr. Norman Lepor, of Westside Medical Associates of Los Angeles.
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Study Suggests Calcium Buildup in Arteries May Increase Heart Risks in Women
Women are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than all cancers combined. Coronary artery specific imaging is necessary to define heart attack risk in women.
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Unleash the Power of Nutrition for Improved Health
In an effort to combat the obesity epidemic and help patients learn how to make better nutrition choices, cardiologists Drs. Norman Lepor and Hooman Madyoon are pleased to welcome Vicki Nussbaum, C.N., B.S.E., to the Westside Medical Associates of Los Angeles practice.
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Risk-benefit Assessment of Cardiac CT
Dr. Norman Lepor, a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, an
Associate Clinical Profess of Medicine at the Geffen School of Medicine
at the University of California at Los Angeles and Associate Director
of Cardiovascular Imaging at the internationally acclaimed Westside Medical
Imaging in Beverly Hills, California was interviewed by TIME magazine
regarding the study published on July 17th, 2007 in the Journal of the
American Medical Association.
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Latest AHA Guidelines On
Endocarditis Prophylaxis
We would like to provide you with the most recent American Heart Association
guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of endocarditis
published on May 7, 2007.
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Breakthrough In Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death
The physicians at Westside Medical Associates of Los Angeles (WMALA) in
conjunction with Westside Medical Imaging have implemented the
use of the novel and exciting Micro-T-Wave-Alternans technology
for identifying patients at risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD)...
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Westside Medical Imaging Performs Life-Saving Lung Cancer
Screening Exams
Westside Medical Imaging (WMI) has been performing life-saving lung
cancer screening exams using their 64-slice cardiac CT scanner
since this technology became available since 2004...
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Screening CT-Coronary Angiography: Ready for Prime Time?
The advent of very advanced CAT scan imaging has enabled cardiologists to
detect the earliest calcified and non-calcified plaque in coronary
arteries...
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Colonography Over Colonoscopy in Patients on Blood Thinners
Westside
Medical Imaging has developed special protocols for patients
in need of colonoscopy who take anticoagulant blood thinners...
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Life Saving 64-Slice Heart Scan Research Results Presented
at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2006
Westside Medical Imaging (WMI) and The Westside Medical Associates
of Los Angeles announce their research findings on the
utility of 64-slice Cardiac CT imaging...
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