Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Perhaps no area of radiology is as important -- and as contentious -- as cardiac imaging. Cardiovascular disease is the number-one cause of mortality in the U.S., claiming a million lives every year.
Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Perhaps no area of radiology is as important -- and as contentious -- as cardiac imaging. Cardiovascular disease is the number-one cause of mortality in the U.S., claiming a million lives every year.
Imaging technology has the potential to reduce that awful toll by identifying and diagnosing heart disease earlier than ever, saving many lives. But cardiac imaging is also the number-one source of friction between radiologists and cardiologists as both groups struggle for supremacy -- and patients.
The wide world of cardiac imaging is the focus of the Cardiac Imaging Digital Community, the latest in AuntMinnie.com's family of Digital Community special sections. You'll find a wealth of information on all the modalities used, from workhorses like cardiac cath, echocardiography, and nuclear medicine to up-and-coming technologies like multislice CT and MRI.
You'll also find links to important cardiac imaging-related resources, Teaching Files that focus specifically on cardiac cases, and upcoming conferences. We'll also follow the ongoing turf battles -- as well as the evolving cooperative relationships -- between radiologists and cardiologists that promise to shape the future of cardiac imaging.
You can visit the Cardiac Imaging Digital Community today, at http://cardiac.auntminnie.com. And be sure to come back on Sunday as we begin our coverage of the latest in cardiac imaging research presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in New Orleans.
