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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;24:473-474
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Editorial

Video-on-command for thoracic and cardio-vascular surgery

Department of Cardio-vascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 46, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland

Received 25 August 2003; received in revised form 25 August 2003; accepted 25 August 2003.

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Nowadays, new technology for imaging, information storage, and its transmission is almost everywhere. In the medical field, multi-slice computed tomography (CT), allowing for simultaneous acquisition of many images in parallel, and quick three-dimensional reconstruction is just one example that has the potential to make significant changes in the daily practice, not only for thoracic and cardio-vascular surgeons, but others too. The fact, that the lumen of the main coronary arteries can be demonstrated quite well with multi-slice CT makes clear, that for a number of questions, it is no longer necessary to realize a coronary angiography. There can be little doubt, that the advent of new players in the coronary artery scene will also impact its future development. In addition, the age of multi-slice CT is just beginning and numerous other applications can be expected like, e.g. systematic preoperative identification of the origin of Adamcievic's artery in thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms, postoperative functional assessment of a totally implantable left ventricular assist device [1], etc.

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