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Cardiac radiology in Southern California: is there a future for cardiac radiologists?

Historically, radiologists such as Abrams, Amplatz, Dotter, Jonsson, Judkins, Nordenstrom, Porstmann, Rudde, Seldinger, and Steinberg, to mention only a few, have laid the foundation for what we now refer to as cardiac radiology and angiography. Among cardiologists, Mason Sones stands out for his contribution to cardiac imaging. His development of safe selective coronary angiography and his training of many cardiologists has been instrumental in interesting cardiologists in this field. Subsequent developments have resulted in dominance of cardiac imaging by cardiologists, but there are still many important contributions by radiologists, particularly in noninvasive technology. Recent editorials have suggested that the radiologist’s role in cardiac radiology has been steadily declining [1 -4J. In 1977, Levin et al. [1 ] surveyed the radiologists’ participation in cardiac angiography, confirming the limited role of the radiologist in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. I report a survey of the current situation in Southern California and discuss the future of cardiac radiology and the importance of the radiologists’ continued involvement in cardiac imaging.