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Biotech / Medical : IMAT - ultrafast tomography for coronary artery disease
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To: ENOTS who wrote (2321)4/4/1998 11:37:00 PM
From: Steven Durrington  Read Replies (2) of 3725
 
Just a few points of clarification to your post.

#1, it's Siemens, not Seimens.

#2, Balloon through veins ? I guess that you're referring to
coronary angiography vs non-invasive ultrafast CT. The
Angiography is done with a small (about 1.6mm) polyethelene
catheter which is inserted in the femoral artery in the groin
and passed up the aorta and into each of the 2 main coronary
arteries. Contrast is injected during the x-raying of the patient
from different angles.

Balloons are used for a procedure called an angioplasty - this
is the dilatation of a stenotic artery - where the balloon is
inflated across the stenosis and pushes back the walls of the
artery and the blocking thrombus in order to reopen the stenosis.
It's used as an alternative and/or adjunct to surgical techniques.

Regardless of semantics, Diagnostic CT will not replace interventional
techniques, and I'm interested in the diagnostic applications.
It is definitely less invasive and carries less risk than a
coronary angiogram, and has a much quicker recovery time.

I'm yet to find the time to do the DD on this company, and will
refrain from adding specifics until I learn more. However, in the
meantime, if anyone wants clarification about medical imaging
techniques, I probably could be of some assistance.

Regards,

Durro
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