Industry Quotes
"MCG may overcome the limitations of ECG, which appears to have reached its maximum potential, and take us into a new era of non-invasive understanding of the electro-physiology of the human heart." Dr. Peter Smars, MD Emergency Medicine Physician, Mayo Clinic.
Resting magnetocardiographic imaging provides immediate results with very high positive predictive value for obstructive CAD that exceeds or meets the performance of SPECT, but without the use of stress provocation, radiation or injection of nuclear tracer. [10]
The possibility of accurate, rapid and no risk diagnosis of ischemia could potentially greatly impact healthcare for a large group of subjects by avoiding a delay in diagnosis of ischemic patients while preventing unnecessary admissions and testing of non ischemic subjects.[9]
"The high predictive values of the admission MCG could make it possible to more accurately and in a very early stage select patients who should proceed quickly to invasive coronary angiography." [5]
"MCG is a quick and easy tool to detect ischemia in women with high diagnostic accuracy. MCG scanning may be useful for early diagnosis of significant coronary artery stenosis MCG may facilitate timely intervention and treatment in women." [6]
Resting magnetocardiographic imaging is a rapid, no risk scan for the early and accurate detection of ischemia in a high risk patient population. [8]
Magnetocardiography appears to be a valuable non-invasive diagnostic tool to determine the presence of cardiac ischemia in patients presenting chest pain. [7]
Sources
[5] Magnetocardiography Predicts Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Acute Chest Pain. Department of Internal Medicine, Hoyerswerda Hospital, Academice Teaching Hospital of the Technical University of Dresden. July 2005, Vol 10, No.3.
[6] Evaluation of Women with Ischemia Using Magnetocardiography. Amelia Young, Indraneil Ray et al. Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles California. Organization for the study of sex differences (OSSD) annual meeting, Washington DC, May 9-12, 2007.
[7] Magnetocardiography as a diagnostic tool to determine Ischemic Heart Disease in patients presenting chest pain. Smars, PA, M.D. – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly, September 26-28, 2005. Washington, DC
[8] Resting Magnetocardiography Detects Ischemia with High Accuracy in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Tolstrup, Kirsten, M.D. Sean Rashti et al. Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy J Am Coll Cardiol 2006; 47:182A
[9] Tolstrup, Kirsten, M.D., Non-invasive Resting MCG Imaging for the Rapid Detection of Ischemia, European Cardiovascular Disease 2006, p.58-62
[10] Comparison of Resting Magnetocardiography with Stress Single Photon Emissions Computed Tomography in Patients with Stable and Unstable Angina. Donatella Brisinda, Anna M. Meloni, Brian Cheung, Kirsten Tolstrup and Robert J. Siegel. Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy J Am Coll Cardiol 2006; 47: 176A.