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Please click the links below to download the previous BSCI/BSCCT newsletters The BSC/BSCCT Trainee Committee has produced a compendium of cases from the Image of the Month submission to celebrate cardiovascular imaging.
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Image of the Month October 2021 – Value of an agitated saline bubble contrast ECHO in confirming baffle leaks in post atrial switch for TGA patients
Authors and affiliations Dr Sindhoora Kotha, Liverpool University Foundation Trust NHS Hospitals Walter Genco, Manchester Royal Infirmary Dr Debar Rasoul, St Helen’s and Knowsley Teaching hospitals NHS trust Dr Paul Mann, Mid Cheshire hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Mani Motwani, Manchester Royal Infirmary Introduction Complete transposition of great arteries affects about 20-30 of the 100000 […]
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Dr Jonathan Weir- McCall
Image of the Month August 2021 – The elusive napkin ring sign
The elusive napkin ring sign Authors and affiliations Sai Viswan Thiagarajah, Medical Student, University of Edinburgh Michelle C Williams, Consultant Radiologist, Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Case history A 58-yr old female presented to the emergency department with heavy central chest pain. It was relieved with sublingual glyceryl trinitrate(GTN) and […]
BHF Clinical Research Collaborative
The BSCI/BSCCT are delighted to have joined the BHF Clinical Research Collaborative. The BHF-funded Clinical Research Collaborative, hosted by the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) on behalf of all cardiovascular societies, aims to support the planning and delivery of high-quality cardiovascular research nationwide. By uniting the clinical research efforts of cardiovascular professional societies, it seeks to […]
BSCI Annual Meeting 2021- Latest Updates
Dear Members, After 2 failed attempts to hold the BSCI annual meeting during the global pandemic we have taken the decision to go ahead with a full in-person event at Keble College Oxford from 12-14 September 2021. All of us should be fully vaccinated by then and it will give us the first chance in […]
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2021 Downstream testing after CT coronary angiography audit
In 2021 Dr Gareth Morgan-Hughes led an audit of downstream testing after CT coronary angiography. Nine UK centres participated and provided data from January 2018 to March 2020. The findings are available on Open Heart here.
2020 Reporting incidental cardiac calcification on non-gated thoracic CT
Reporting incidental coronary, aortic valve and cardiac calcification on non-gated thoracic computed tomography, a consensus statement from the BSCI/BSCCT and BSTI This consensus document, made in collaboration with the British Society of Thoracic Imaging (BSTI) has recently been published in the British Journal of Radiology. Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death […]
