Some Aspects of Radiological Investigation of the Heart and Great Vessels.

A paper read to a Conference of Physicians of the South-East Metropolitan Region at the Brook Hospital, March I7, I962. strate the value of this in a case of pulmonary valvular stenosis. (ii) Intensification of the fluoroscopic image with television monitoring. This assists in screening and the placement of catheters and avoids the necessity for dark adaptation and darkening of the screening room. (iii) Cineradiography. This gives a functional as well as an anatomical assessment and used with the image intensification the radiation dose to the patient may be small.