[The future of angiography].
Recent trends in echo-Döppler, heli CT and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) together, have brought about a very significant drop in conventional X-ray angiography indications. Diagnosis of arterial, venous and lymphatic pathology is studied in various vascular anatomic areas. Based on these results, an attempt is made to forecast X-ray angiography future and its importance with respect to other imaging modalities. It is thought that the remaining role of angiography will be very poor in vascular pathology diagnosis. Still, its importance as endovascular treatment will remain vital. This change will cause a drastic shift among clinical activities of the various vascular diagnosticians and vascular specialist populations.
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Service d'angiographie de l'Hôpital Foch, Suresnes.
D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging