Sunday, 17 February 2008

tee helical ct or mri comparing



TEE, helical CT, or MRI: Comparing diagnostic accuracy

The July 10th issue of Archives of Internal Medicine featured a cover

diagram comparing traditional and novel risk markers for

cardiovascular disease. Beyond risk markers, the family of minimally

invasive imaging techniques including transesophageal echocardiography

(TEE), helical computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance

imaging (MRI). Using the power of published data, a group of

anesthesiologists from Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo,

Japan created a meta-analysis, pooling compatible data from sixteen


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