Preoperative radiography had demonstrated a left-sided heart and descending aorta.
Any person entering the scan room must remove all metallic objects unless specifically approved by the radiography staff.
After clinical assessment, chest radiography, electrocardiography and cross-sectional echocardiography, cardiac catheterisation was performed under general anaesthesia in all cases.
Some centres appear to be more efficient than others achieving more exposures from each member of their radiography staff.
Is chest radiography ever necessary for diagnosis in a cardiac unit?
Obstruction to the pulmonary venous return was diagnosed when a "white-out" was noted on the chest radiography and it was confirmed by echocardiography.
These trains of beamlets could be used, possibly, in the production of an ion radiography "movie" from a single ion beam source.
A radiography workforce development committee was established to oversee this work.
