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Welcome to
the latest  edition
of ...
...issue 16 of the thrice-yearly journal for
medical imaging professionals worldwide.
Controversies and Controversies
in Imaging and Intervention
Encourages debate and informs:
- Computed tomography radiologists
- Interventional cardiologists
- Interventional radiologists
- MRI radiologists
- Radiographers
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Practice managers
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Clinical updates
This issue addresses several evolving areas
of great clinical interest. The first paper
focuses on the increasingly important role of
multidetector CT (MDCT) in the diagnosis of
gastrointestinal bleeding, while the second
examines the use of subintimal angioplasty
as an alternative to bypass surgery. The next
review highlights the advantages of stress
MRI as an imaging modality in patients with
coronary artery disease. Finally we include
a surgical opinion on one of the major
controversies in cardiology today, namely the
most appropriate management of stenosis of
the left main coronary artery.
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In this issue... Dr Roy Choudhury and
Dr Anthony Nicholson give us a
comprehensive and very practical overview
of the use of MDCT in the diagnosis and
localisation of acute gastrointestinal bleeding,
with special emphasis on the lower GI tract.
They compare the technique with other
diagnostic tools, mention some potential
problems and propose a management
algorithm that incorporates its use.
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The use of subintimal angioplasty to
treat occlusive arterial disease is described
by Dr Michael Glasby and colleagues.
They explain the methodology and the
possible complications based on their
extensive experience with the technique,
as well as reviewing the outcomes reported
in the literature.
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Dr Oliver Strohm and Dr Matthias Friedrich
provide some insights into the use of
magnetic resonance imaging as a noninvasive
technique for the evaluation of
patients with known or suspected coronary
artery disease. They describe the use of
pharmacological stress testing to assess
ischaemia and potential of late gadolinium
enhancement to evaluate myocardial viability.
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The final paper by Professor David Taggart
is the second of two papers debating the
relative roles of percutaneous intervention
and coronary artery bypass grafting in the
management of left main coronary artery
disease. It should be read in conjunction
with the analysis of the evidence from an
interventional cardiologist in the last issue
of C2I2.
We hope that you will enjoy reading this issue
of C2I2 and that you will find the content
useful in your clinical practice. |
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