Waukegan,
Ill., 12/21/06--Vista
Health System announced today that it has
acquired a new, state-of-the-art, CT imaging
system from GE Healthcare. The Lightspeed®
VCT is the world’s first Volume Computed
Tomography (VTC) system. Vista Health now
offers an innovative way for its physicians
to obtain the information they need to diagnose
disease and life threatening illnesses, including
cardiovascular disease, stroke and chest pain.
Vista Health’s physicians are now able
to capture images of a beating heart in five
heartbeats, an organ in one second, and perform
whole body trauma in ten seconds, more than
twice as fast as conventional multi-slice
CT scanners. This speed is especially helpful
in shortening breath holds for geriatric patients,
patients who are on ventilators and pediatric
patients.
“Our
new volume CT system allows our physicians
to perform new and enhanced procedures and
obtain the information they need to diagnose
patients who are suffering from chest pain
or stroke” explains Barbara J. Martin,
President and CEO. “Volume CT is patient
friendly. Fast scans can help reduce patient
stress and anxiety, and some of the volume
CT procedures can be done in only one simple
exam.”
Vista Health can immediately offer the following
innovative procedures to be performed on their
new Lightspeed VCT:
- 5-Beat
Cardiac™- The physician at Vista
Health System can capture images of the
whole heart and coronary arteries in just
five heartbeats-providing clearer images
of cardiovascular anatomy and a shorter
breath hold for sick and elderly patients.
- Triple
RuleOut™-Three primary causes of
mortality in patients with chest pain are
aortic dissention, pulmonary embolism and
coronary artery disease. The physician’s
at Vista Health now have a tools to help
them rule out (or in) these three individual
causes of patient’s chest pain through
a single quick scan.
- Stroke
Work-Up- Once a stroke occurs, it is
commonly believed that treatment must be
delivered within an hour or less to ensure
the best outcome for the patient. The LightSpeed
VCT offers Vista Health the speed and resolution
required for rapid imaging of blood vessels
in the brain. This enables physicians to
make a quick diagnosis and determine the
best course of treatment while reducing
the number of exams a patient may need to
undergo.
In
a single rotation, the LightSpeed VTC creates
64 high-resolution anatomical images as thin
as a credit card. These images are combined
to form a three-dimensional view of the patient’s
anatomy for the physicians at Vista Health
to analyze. From these images, physicians
can view things as blockages in the coronary
arteries, as well as the motion and pumping
action of patient’s heart.
“We’re
breaking barriers in speed and accuracy of
patient exams and are now able to offer new
and enhanced diagnostic procedures thanks
to our new LightSpeed VTC,” stated Barbara
J. Martin, President and CEO. “The technology
is greatly benefiting both the physicians
and patients of Lake County and Southern Wisconsin.
We’re excited to be the first to offer
this medical technology in the area”
About
Vista Health System
Vista Health is changing today to meet future
healthcare needs in Northern Illinois/Southern
Wisconsin. Vista Health is a network of two
hospitals, Vista Medical Center East and Vista
Medical Center West, a stand-alone same day
surgery and treatment center, and several
locations for imaging and patient therapy.
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