Recent Publication in J.A.C.S. In the November 2006 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Dr P. Atallah  in collaboration with Dr V. Kashyap, from the Cleveland Clinic , published an Aortocaval Fistula case report. The patient was discovered during a surgical clearance exam for a complete hystero-oophorectomy. The presence of an abdominal bruit led to a CT Angiogram, performed at the Rochester Diagnostic Center, that showed this rare and uncommon aortocaval fistula. Multiple prior ultra-sounds and CT exams had simply failed to visualize it despite its large size. The patient was referred to the Cleveland Clinic where Dr V. Kashyap performed a Coil Embolization that corrected successfully and non-invasively this very significant left to right shunt. This intervention saved this patient's life and allowed her to undergo hystero-oophorectomy. JACS, volume 203, issue 5, 780. Physician Testimonials The Rochester Medical Center has been providing Coronary CT Angiography Training Courses to physicians interested in certification for ALL levels outlined in the ACCF/AHA Credentialing Guidelines. The program, started in March 2006, has been very successful. Cardiologists, Radiologists, Cardiac Surgeons and Cardiology Fellows coming from all over the United States received their training and got certified. Everyone asserted that the course met their objective, and they would highly recommend it to their peers. I would like to share few of their comments in the course's survey. -Dr M. Alzagoum: "excellent course. I would like to do it again". -Dr Bordenave: "made me a believer. Plan to incorporate in my practice". -Dr R. Dobben: "outstanding teaching file. Excellent cases with cath correlation". -Dr K. Manzar: "I learned CTA from scratch to being confident in diagnosing very complex cases". In The News The Rochester Medical Center's new 3D CT technology is being met with excitement by patients, academic institutions, and the media.  Our 3D CT Scanner has featured on WXYZ Channel 7's Health Report with Carolyn Clifford, ABC's Brand New You series, and has appeared in Scribe, published by the Wayne State University School of Medicine.

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