Article reviews - plaque detection vs IVUS, infarct detection, 16-slice in acute coros and CMR for LAA thrombus detection

[Bhavin Jankharia]

HI

The last four entries/cases have been discussions of articles published
this month in AJR and JACC.

The first is on the use of 64-slice CT for plaque detection and
characterization, as compared to IVUS -
http://bhavin.typepad.com/cardiac_images/2006/01/64slice_ct_for_.html

The second is a critique of an article on a 4-slice CT used to detect
infarcts - the article is outdated for today's day and age but got
through anyway -
http://bhavin.typepad.com/cardiac_images/2006/01/ct_of_infarcts_.html

The third is an article using 16-slice CT in acute coronary syndromes,
with bold sweeping statements about its efficacy and accuracy, without
bothering about calcium score or heart rate - their results are
actually not good enough and the article should have been reviewed
better -
http://bhavin.typepad.com/cardiac_images/2006/01/16slice_mdct_in.html

The last is an article on contrast-enhanced CMR for left atrial
appendage thrombus detection, showing that the modality does not really
do well -
http://bhavin.typepad.com/cardiac_images/2006/01/left_atrial_app.html

Bhavin