Of 55 patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy, 16 had abnormal postoperative angiograms by accepted literature criteria. Five of the 16 were symptomatic. The other 11 were neurologically stable or improved from their preoperative condition. None of the 16 patients underwent reoperation. Of those 11 who had abnormal postoperative angiograms but a good clinical result, four had a second postop...

DIRECT radiological visualization of the pancreas is still imperfect and therefore complex and laborious. Arteriography is the mainstay of the investigation. Arteriographic changes are often subtle and the danger of over-diagnosis and of mis-diagnosis is ever present. In my opinion, the judicious combination of retro-peritoneal gas insufflation with arteriography adds more to the value of the e...

Calcification Detected by Electron Beam Computed Tomography in Patients Undergoing Coronary Arteriography To the Editor: The paper by Keelan et al1 addresses an important issue, namely how to define which patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD) are at risk for future events. They argue that coronary artery calcification (CAC) provides incremental prognostic value after clinical ...