Diagnostic performance of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in coronary artery disease.

Background: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is a promising method for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD). The first reports of new diagnostic techniques indicated generally unrealistic diagnostic performance relying on retrospectively observed cut-off values of quantitative parameters. Although visual analysis of CMR is the most applicable method for clinical work, its diagnostic performance is not fully elucidated for study components such as wall motion, perfusion and late enhancement in patients with different severity of CAD.

Urethro-ejaculatory duct reflux during mictiocystography in an anatomically normal infant.

A 7-month-old patient with a verified urinary tract infection showed an unusual mictiocystography finding of reflux via the right ejaculatory duct into the epididymis. Usually such reflux is associated with anomalies of the genitourinary tract. This case demonstrated that reflux may occur in healthy infants and that it may be clinically associated with urinary tract infections.