THE FUTURE OF ARTERIOGRAPHY AND VASCULAR INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Non-invasive vascular imaging techniques threaten to diminish the cath eter skills which radiology trainees currently acquire during diagnost ic angiography. This, coupled with the desire of some vascular surgeon s to perform minimally invasive ''endovascular surgery'', may threaten the future of this radiological subspecialty, or perhaps it will help to create a new discipline incorporating surgical, medical and radiol ogical skills.