Decreased intermediate term patency of automated proximal anastomoses evaluated by sequential ultrafast CT

You know that a modality is coming of age, when it is used to differentiate different clinical issues. In this study by Dietrich M et al in the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, ultra-fast CT was used to look for early restenosis in two different groups of patients going in for saphenous vein graft bypass surgery, one group having regular handsewn anastomosis and the other group having a new automatic clamper with a nitinol implant. More and more now we can use MRI and CT being used as gold standards or methods for assessing and answering clinical issues...this is a "coming of age phenomenon"